English

Verb

weye ‎(third-person singular simple present weyes, present participle weying, simple past and past participle weyed)

1. Obsolete form of weigh.

Etymology 2

See way.

Noun

weye ‎(plural weyes)

1. Obsolete form of way.

   Every wight that wente by the weye — Chaucer

Middle English

Etymology

From the Old English wǣgan ‎(“to delude”, “to deceive”).

Alternative forms

• waye [14th century]

Verb

weye ‎(third-person singular simple present weyeþ, past participle yweid)

1. Deceive; lead astray.
2. Go astray.

References

• “† Weye” listed on page 334 of volume X, part II (V–Z) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1928]
    † Weye, v. Obs. rare. Also waye. [OE. wǽᵹan to delude, deceive.] [¶] 1. trans. To deceive, lead astray. [¶] c 1315 Shoreham Poems i. 370 Þat he ne may nauȝt yweid be Wiþ blanding ne wiþ boste. Ibid. vii. 648 The deuel..dorste nauȝt adam asaylly, Al for to waye. [¶] 2. intr. To go astray. [¶] c 1315 Shoreham Poems i. 301 Bote hi ariȝt icristned be, Fram heuene euere hi weyeþ.
• “†weye, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]