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Wey

//weɪ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Surrey, England, a tributary to the Thames.
  2. 2
    A short river in Dorset, England, which flows from Upwey to the sea at Weymouth.
  3. 3
    Alternative form of Wei, an ancient Chinese duchy. alt-of, alternative, historical
Noun
  1. 1
    An old English measure of weight containing 224 pounds; equivalent to 2 hundredweight. archaic, uncommon

    "Than though I hadde this wouke ywonne a weye of Essex cheese."

Etymology

From Middle English weie, waie, weihe, wæȝe, from Old English wǣġ (“a weight; a tool for weighing, balance, scale”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales; weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, bring, transport”). Cognate with German Waage (“weight”), Icelandic vág (“a weight”).

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