whete
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Middle EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Old English hwǣte, hwēte, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz.
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NounEdit
whete (uncountable)
- Wheat (“plant of the genus Triticum”).
- c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, editors, The Holy Bible, […], volume III (in Middle English), Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, OCLC 459166891, Hosea VII:14, page 678, column 1:
- And thei crieden not to me in her herte, but ȝelliden in her beddis. Thei chewiden code on wheete, and wyn, and thei ȝeden awei fro me.
- And they cried not to me from their hearts; but whined in their beds. They chewed cud on wheat, and wine, and they ran away from me.
- The grain resulting from wheat; corn.
- c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, editors, The Holy Bible, […], volume I (in Middle English), Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, OCLC 459166891, Genesis XLII:35, page 172, column 1:
- Thes thingis seid, whanne eche heelden out whete, thei founden in the mouth of the sackis boundun moneys.
- These things said, when each poured out their corn, they found in the mouth of the sacks bound [i.e., bundled-up] money.
- The better or more valuable part of something.
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ReferencesEdit
- “whēte, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 July 2018.