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▪ I. † wethe, v. Obs. rare.
[Of obscure origin; perh. an alteration of weve (cf. biweve v.1 2), or related to south-western dial. weath pliant, supple.]
trans. To twist or twine.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxliv. (Bodl. MS.), Som weþies beþ..so pliaunte þat þei brekeþ nought but beþ made stronge wiþ weþing [ed. 1495 weuynge] and windinge as þrede is wt twynyng. c1440Pallad. on Husb. iv. 676 Too bowes..they take And bynde, and wethe [L. torques] hem so that germynynge Commixt vp go.
▪ II. wethe
obs. form of withy. |