Middle English Dictionary Entry
wēven v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | wēven v.(3) Also weve; p.ppl. i)weved. |
| Etymology | OE wǣfan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To cover (sb. or sth.), clothe, wrap up.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.(Hrl 2277)463/7 : Menie go naked & bidde þat me hem scholde weue.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1421 : Hi strupte him al naked & wiþ a mantel of pourpre him hadde yweued.
- a1325 SLeg.Magd.(1) (Corp-C 145)176 : Þat chil[d] wep for defaute of souke and nolde neuere bileue; He leide it to is moder breste; mid a mantel he gan it weue.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)72/34 : Þe name of seraphin meneþ ‘þing þat is noȝt iveiled neþir iweeued’ [L incircumvelatum], for withoute eny veylinge of figure oþir of creature isette bitwene he loueþ to se God.
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)6940 : Y weued [vr. weued; A: Hire riche cloþes were of ydo bote þat heo was biweued].