English Explanatory Dictionary

wey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

wā /weɪ/

Word forms

wey weys

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”).

Derived words

Broadwey Upwey Weybridge Weymouth
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