whete
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English hwǣte, hwēte, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʍɛːt(ə)/
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Noun
whete (uncountable)
- Wheat (“plant of the genus Triticum”).
- c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume III, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Hosea VII:14, page 678, column 1:
- And thei crieden not to me in her herte, but ȝelliden in her beddis. Thei chewiden code on wheete, and wyn, and thei ȝeden awei fro me.
- And they cried not to me from their hearts; but whined in their beds. They chewed cud on wheat, and wine, and they ran away from me.
- The grain resulting from wheat; corn.
- c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume I, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Genesis XLII:35, page 172, column 1:
- Thes thingis seid, whanne eche heelden out whete, thei founden in the mouth of the sackis boundun moneys.
- These things said, when each poured out their corn, they found in the mouth of the sacks bound [i.e., bundled-up] money.
- The better or more valuable part of something.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ “quhete” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- ^ “white” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- “whēte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 July 2018.
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- enm:Grains
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