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▪ I. † weve, n. Obs.—1
[f. next.]
A short or quick movement. in little weve, in a moment.
a1300Cursor M. 22927 All þe flexs þat was o þe man..sal be delt in littel weue [Edinb. wefe]; þat was o best [= beast] al sal bileue [= remain].
▪ II. † weve, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 3–5 weve, 4–5 wefe; pa. tense 3 wefde, weft; pa. pple. 4 y-, i-weved, veved.
[Perh. a dial. var. of waive v.2 (a. ON. veifa); possibly repr. an unrecorded OE. *wǽfan = ON. veifa. Cf. biweve v.2 Although disappearing from literary use in ME., the verb appears to have survived in speech, and to be represented in mod.Eng. by weave v.2]
1. intr. Of persons: To go from one place to another; to travel, wander, pass.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 85 Ðenne þe iuele gost fareð ut of þe manne and weueð wide..sechende reste. c1290Beket 2053 in S. Eng. Leg. 165 Into þe cloistre of Caunterburi with grete noyse heo comen weue. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 1475 Ȝef he com mid is ost in to þis lond weue. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 318 Þou wylnez ouer þys water to weue.
b. Of things: To go, pass, make way.
c1275Lay. 28049 And ich ig[rap] my gode sweord..and smot of Modred his hefd, þat hit wefde [c 1205 wond] a [the] felde. c1400Rowland & O. 545 He hitt hym a-bown appon þe heuede, þat to þ⊇ scholdire þ⊇ swerde wefede. Ibid. 564 Otuell says ‘my suerde kan schere’, & in to þ⊇ erthe it weuede.
c. To move to and fro; to toss about.
a1300Cursor M. 24839 Þe weder..son bigan to rug and reth, þat ilk wau til oþer weft, And bremli to þo barges beft. c1300Metr. Hom. 40 But thurt him noht haf tint his heued, Yef he als red [= reed] wald haf weuid. c1350Will. Palerne 4368 To cold coles sche schal be brent ȝit or come eue, & þe aschis of hire body with þe wind weue.
2. trans. To move or remove from one place to another; to convey or bring; to strike down.
13..K. Alis. 3807 With his sweord he wolde his heved Fro the body have y-weved [Bodl. MS. yreued]. 13..Sir Beues 954 A leide on wiþ þe bor is heued, Til þat hii were adoun i-weued. c1325Metr. Hom. 40 Gif me in a disce weued Sain Jon the Baptist heued. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 976, I an-endez þe on þis syde Schal sve [= follow], tyl þou to a hil be veued.
b. To wave or brandish (a weapon). Also absol., to beckon, make signals.
c1325Metr. Hom. (1862) 122 Hir ald fader bird hir lefe, And on hir lemman clep and wefe. Ibid. 123. c 1325 Metr. Hom. (MS. Ashmole 42) fol. 100 Borne he was bothe doumbe & defe and peres on him gon call & wefe. c1350Libeaus Desc. 544 His brond aboute he weved; All þat he hitte he cleved. c1440[cf. weving vbl. n. below].
c. ? To toss about, trouble.
c1350Will. Palerne 922 Auntrose is þin euel, ful wonder⁓liche it þe weues; wel i wot þe soþe.
3. a. to weve up: to open (a window, a gate): = waive v.2 2. b. to weve off: to throw off (a garment). Cf. waive v.2 4 a.
a.c1205Lay. 19003 Þa cnihtes weoren swide [sic] whæte, and wefden up þa castles ȝæte, & letten hine binnen fare. c1350Will. Palerne 2978 [She] weued vp a window þat was toward þe place.
b.c1290Beket 951 in S. Eng. Leg. 133 Þo seint thomas hadde is masse i-songue: his chesible he gan of weue.
4. To give (to a person).
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1976 Þe lorde Gawayn con þonk, Such worchip he wolde hym weue. Ibid. 2359 Hit is my wede þat þou werez,..Myn owen wyf hit þe weued, I wot wel for soþe.
Hence † weving vbl. n.
c1440Promp. Parv. 523/2 Wevynge, or mevynge wythe tokne, annutus.
▪ III. † weve, v.2 Obs.—1
[OE. wǽfan to wrap. Cf. biweve v.1]
trans. To wrap up, cover.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P. R. ii. viii. (1495) b v b/2 The name of Seraphyn menyth thynge that is not weyled [= veiled] neyther weuyd.
▪ IV. weve
obs. form of weave v. |
