† 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.

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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^t twynyng.

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c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., IV. 676. Too bowes … they take And bynde, and wethe [L. torques] hem so that germynynge Commixt vp go.

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