"whete" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈhwɛːt(ə)/, /ˈwɛːt(ə)/ [dialectal], /ˈxwɛːt(ə)/ [dialectal]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English hwǣte, hwēte. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|hwǣte|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English hwǣte, {{inh+|enm|ang|hwǣte}} Inherited from Old English hwǣte Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} whete, {{enm-noun|-}} whete (uncountable)
  1. Wheat (“plant of the genus Triticum”). Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Grains, Legumes, Plants
    Sense id: en-whete-enm-noun--hPhYs5W Disambiguation of Grains: 63 17 19 Disambiguation of Legumes: 87 7 7 Disambiguation of Plants: 84 9 7 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 74 15 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 13 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 6 6
  2. The grain resulting from wheat; corn. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-whete-enm-noun-SD8aqyIO
  3. The better or more valuable part of something. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-whete-enm-noun-hFAV7erH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wheten
Synonyms: ȝwete, huete, weete, wete, wheete, whet, whette, wheyte, wheytt, whiett, whyte, quete, quheyt, qwet, qwhete [Northern], hwæte, hweate, hwete, whæte [Early-Middle-English]

Alternative forms

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