Middle English Compendium
Toggle navigation
Skip to results
Skip to search form
Skip to search results filters
Dictionary
Bibliography
Quotations
Search in
Entire entry
Headword (with alternate spellings)
Headword (preferred spelling only)
Definition and notes
Etymology
Associated quotes and manuscripts
Modern English word equivalent
search for
Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
Æ æ (ash)
Search
Current Filters
Subject Labels
Astronomy
Remove constraint Subject Labels: Astronomy
Source Language
Old English
Remove constraint Source Language: Old English
Source Language
Mercian (dialect of Old English)
Remove constraint Source Language: Mercian (dialect of Old English)
Start Over
Toggle facets
Limit your search
Part of Speech
noun
1
Subject Labels
Anatomy
1
Astrology
1
Astronomy
[remove]
1
Pathology
1
Source Language
Kentish (dialect of Old or Middle English)
1
Mercian (dialect of Old English)
[remove]
1
Northumbrian (dialect of Old or Middle English)
1
Old English
[remove]
1
Search Constraints
1
entry found
Sort by Alphabetical
Relevance
Alphabetical
Number of results to display per page
100 per page
20
per page
100
per page
Search Results
1.
wei
n.(1)
744 quotations in 19 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) An established road, a main thoroughfare, highway; a principal road between cities; a city street; also, the surface of a road, roadbed;
brod wei
;
commune (private) wei
;
pleine wei
, level roadway…
…