(a) The general condition of the atmosphere with respect to temperature, precipitation, cloudiness, wind, etc.; bright (cler, esi, fair, god, mirie, softe) ~, sunny (clear, fair, good, pleasant) weather; cloudi (moiste, rein, reini, wet) ~, cloudy (damp, rainy, wet) weather; cold (hot) ~; derk (dim) ~, lowering (relatively dark) weather; distemperate (sesounable) ~, intemperate (seasonable) weather; fel (foul, hard, strong, unsounde) ~, bad (stormy, severe) weather; maken fair ~, fig. to behave in an agreeable and pleasant manner; maken stille ~, fig. bring calm; (b) a particular element of the weather: the sky, air, temperature, wind, rain, etc.; loven neigh the ~, fig. to sail near the wind, take unnecessary risks; (c) a particular kind of weather, a weather system, spell of weather [some quots. difficult to distinguish from sense 2.(b)];—freq. pl.; (d) ~ cok, q.v.; ~ fane, a weather vane;—in conventional comparison suggesting inconstancy and fickleness; ~ side, ?the wall (of a chamber) exposed to the elements, an outside wall; also, naut. the windward side of a vessel; ~ wise, skillful in forecasting the weather.

(a) Favorable, propitious weather; fair weather, good weather; also, specif. weather favorable for sailing; abiden weder(es, ibiden wederes, to await good sailing weather; (b) adverse, unfavorable, or disagreeable weather; violent, stormy weather; also, a rain shower, storm, tempest; storm (tempest) of ~, a storm; thonder ~, a thunderstorm; (c) the atmospheric condition as an agent of wear and erosion, a weathering element.

In surnames.