weye
See also: weþe
English
Verb
weye (third-person singular simple present weyes, present participle weying, simple past and past participle weyed)
- Obsolete form of weigh.
Etymology 2
See way.
Noun
weye (plural weyes)
- Obsolete form of way.
Ajië
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [weʝe]
Noun
weye
- road, path
References
- Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Mapudungun
Noun
weye (Raguileo spelling)
- 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
- weyetun
References
- Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, El hombre mapuche que se convirtió en mujer chamán: Individualidad , transgresión de género y normas culturales en pugna, 2011
Middle English
Alternative forms
- waye [14th century]
Etymology
From the Old English wǣgan (“to delude”, “to deceive”).
Verb
weye (third-person singular simple present weyeþ, past participle yweid)
- Deceive; lead astray.
- 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]