▪ I. † wethe, v. Obs. rare.
[Of obscure origin; perh. an alteration of weve (cf. biweve v.1 2), or related to south-western dial. weath pliant, supple.]
trans. To twist or twine.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxliv. (Bodl. MS.), Som weþies beþ..so pliaunte þat þei brekeþ nought but beþ made stronge wiþ weþing [ed. 1495 weuynge] and windinge as þrede is w{supt} twynyng. c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 676 Too bowes..they take And bynde, and wethe [L. torques] hem so that germynynge Commixt vp go. |
▪ II. wethe
obs. form of withy.