weybrede
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- veybrede, waybred, waybrede, waybrode, waye-brede, wey-brod, weybrode, weye-bred, weyebrede
- (early) webrade, webræde, weȝbræde, weibrade, weibreode
Etymology[edit]
From Old English weġbrǣde, weġbrāde; equivalent to wey (“way”) + brede (“breadth”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
weybrede (uncountable)
Descendants[edit]
- English: waybread, waybred
- ⇒ Scots: waaverin leaf
References[edit]
- “wei-brēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.