weybrede

Middle English

Alternative forms

• veybrede, waybred, waybrede, waybrode, waye-brede, wey-brod, weybrode, weye-bred, weyebrede
• (early) webrade, webræde, weȝbræde, weibrade, weibreode

Etymology

From Old English weġbrǣde, weġbrāde; equivalent to wey (“way”) +‎ brede (“breadth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæi̯brɛːd(ə)/, /ˈwæi̯brɔːd(ə)/

Noun

weybrede (uncountable)

1. A plantain (plant of the genus Plantago).

   Synonym: planteyne

Descendants

• English: waybread, waybred
• ⇒ Scots: waaverin leaf

References

• “wei-brēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.