weybrede
Middle English
Alternative forms
- veybrede, waybred, waybrede, waybrode, waye-brede, wey-brod, weybrode, weye-bred, weyebrede
- webrade, webræde, weȝbræde, weibrade, weibreode (Early Middle English)
Etymology
From Old English weġbrǣde, weġbrāde; equivalent to wey (“way”) + brede (“breadth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwæi̯brɛːd(ə)/, /ˈwæi̯brɔːd(ə)/
Noun
weybrede (uncountable)
Descendants
References
- “wei-brēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.