- wefan
- sv/t5 3rd pres wifþ past wæf/wǽfon ptp gewefen 1 to weave; devise, contrive, arrange
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Weft — Wẹft 〈n. 11; Textilw.〉 Schussgarn, hartgedrehtes Kammgarn für Möbelbezugsstoffe [<engl. weft „Gewebe; Einschlag“] * * * Wẹft [englisch, zu altenglisch wefan »weben«] das, (e)s/ e, im weiteren Sinn ein Schussgarn, im engeren Sinn ein… … Universal-Lexikon
Feben — Recorded in the spellings of Feben and Weben, but possibly others as well, this is quite a rare Germanic surname. It would seem to be occupational, and as such to originate from the pre 7th century word wefan meaning to weave. If this is the case … Surnames reference
Weben — Recorded in the spellings of Feben and Weben, but possibly others as well, this is quite a rare Germanic surname. It would seem to be occupational, and as such to originate from the pre 7th century word wefan meaning to weave. If this is the case … Surnames reference
Weave — (w[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Wove} (w[=o]v); p. p. {Woven} (w[=o]v n), {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved} (w[=e]vd), is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Weaved — Weave Weave (w[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Wove} (w[=o]v); p. p. {Woven} (w[=o]v n), {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved} (w[=e]vd), is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Weaving — Weave Weave (w[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Wove} (w[=o]v); p. p. {Woven} (w[=o]v n), {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved} (w[=e]vd), is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Weft — Weft, n. [AS. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See {Weave}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving. [1913 Webster] 2. A web; a thing woven.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Woof — (w[=oo]f), n. [OE. oof, AS. [=o]wef, [=o]web, [=a]web; on, an, on + wef, web, fr. wefan to weave. The initial w is due to the influence of E. weave. See {On}, {Weave}, and cf. {Abb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The threads that cross the warp in a woven… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wove — Weave Weave (w[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Wove} (w[=o]v); p. p. {Woven} (w[=o]v n), {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved} (w[=e]vd), is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wove — Weave Weave (w[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Wove} (w[=o]v); p. p. {Woven} (w[=o]v n), {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved} (w[=e]vd), is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
