weybrede
Middle English
Alternative forms
- veybrede, waybred, waybrede, waybrode, waye-brede, wey-brod, weybrode, weye-bred, weyebrede
- (early) webrade, webræde, weȝbræde, weibrade, weibreode
Etymology
From Old English weġbrǣde, weġbrāde; equivalent to wey (“way”) + brede (“breadth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɛi̯brɛːd(ə)/, /ˈwɛi̯brɔːd(ə)/
Noun
weybrede (uncountable)
- A plantain (plant of the genus Plantago).
- Synonym: planteyne
Descendants
- English: waybread, waybred
- ⇒ Scots: waaverin leaf
References
- “wei-brēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.