English

Verb

weyve ‎(third-person singular simple present weyves, present participle weyving, simple past and past participle weyved)

1. Obsolete form of weave.
2. Obsolete form of waive.
   • c.1386 Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, line 1176.

     "To lyven vertuously and weyve synne"

Noun

weyve ‎(plural weyves)

1. (obsolete) a female outlaw
   • 1958 T.H. White, The Once and Future King, p.107

     "She was a true Weyve - except for her long hair, which most of the female outlaws in those days used to clip."