weye

See also: weþe

English

Etymology 1

Verb

weye (third-person singular simple present weyes, present participle weying, simple past and past participle weyed)

  1. Obsolete form of weigh.

Etymology 2

See way.

Noun

weye (plural weyes)

  1. Obsolete form of way.

Ajië

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [weʝe]

Noun

weye

  1. road, path

References


Mapudungun

Noun

weye (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. a male-bodied individual who fulfils a third gender role in Mapudungun society often as a shaman or a machi; sometimes used to refer to effeminate men or simply homosexual men.

Derived terms

References


Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Old English wǣgan (to delude”, “to deceive).

Verb

weye (third-person singular simple present weyeþ, past participle yweid)

  1. Deceive; lead astray.
  2. Go astray.

References

  • † Weye” listed on page 334 of volume X, part II (V–Z) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1928]
      † Weye, v.Obs. rare. Also waye. [OE. wǽᵹan to delude, deceive.] [¶] 1. trans. To deceive, lead astray. [¶] c 1315 Shoreham Poems i. 370 Þat he ne may nauȝt yweid be Wiþ blanding ne wiþ boste. Ibid. vii. 648 The deuel..dorste nauȝt adam asaylly, Al for to waye. [¶] 2. intr. To go astray. [¶] c 1315 Shoreham Poems i. 301 Bote hi ariȝt icristned be, Fram heuene euere hi weyeþ.
  • †weye, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
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