† wayleetn.

Forms:

α. Old English wegelæte, Old English weggelæte, early Middle English wegelete (in surname), early Middle English woghelete (Kent, in surname), early Middle English wylet (Essex, in surname), Middle English weielot, Middle English weilaite (in copy of Old English charter), Middle English weilete, Middle English weilot, Middle English weylate, Middle English weylete.

β. early Middle English weienlæte (south-west midlands), early Middle English weynleate (south-western), Middle English weonlete (south-west midlands).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: way n.¹, English gelǣte.

Etymology: In α. forms < way n.¹ + Old English gelǣte coming together, meeting, junction (see leet n.¹); in Middle English partly also showing the reflex of Old English wega , genitive plural of way n.¹ as the first element (see examples at leet n.¹). In β. forms apparently showing the reflex of rare Old English wegena, weak genitive plural of way n.¹ as the first element. The Middle English forms also show phonological reduction and loss of the prefix of the second element.In Old English the genitive phrase wega gelǣte (with regular strong genitive plural of the first element) is more frequently attested than the compound weggelǣte . It is also attested once with weak genitive plural of the first element in Northumbrian wegana gelēta (plural). For examples of the phrase see leet n.¹ In form woghelete at α. forms the first element is probably the reflex of Old English (Kentish) weoga (genitive plural), showing back mutation, and subsequent development of weo- to wo- . Later variation in the vowel of the second element (e.g. in weielot, weilot at α. forms) apparently reflects a loss of stress.

Obsolete.

A place where two or more roads meet.For two-way leet, three-way leet, four-way leet: see leet n.¹In quot. OE² rendering Latin compitalia festival held at crossroads (see compital adj.). In quot. 1240 in a surname.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun]

wayleetOE

leetOE

cornerc1384

cornelc1420

three-went way1787

infall1895

OE Homily (Hatton 115) (Dict. Old Eng. transcript) Þa wifmen þe berað hyra cild to wegelætum.

OE Aldhelm Glosses (Digby 146) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 121/2 Competalia, weggelæte.

1240 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Brit. Surnames (1991) 493/2 Aspelon atte Wylet.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7739 Summe heo wenden to þan wude summe to weien-læten [c1300 Otho weynleates].

c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 341 Ren a-boute bi þe strete, Bi wey and bi weonlete.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 2 Kings i. 20 Nether telle ȝe in the weilottis of Ascolon [L. in compitis Ascalonis].

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 161 A verrey dunghep in a weylate [Fr. carrefour], ther eche at his time may come to make filthe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wayleet
释义	† wayleetn. Forms: α. Old English wegelæte, Old English weggelæte, early Middle English wegelete (in surname), early Middle English woghelete (Kent, in surname), early Middle English wylet (Essex, in surname), Middle English weielot, Middle English weilaite (in copy of Old English charter), Middle English weilete, Middle English weilot, Middle English weylate, Middle English weylete. β. early Middle English weienlæte (south-west midlands), early Middle English weynleate (south-western), Middle English weonlete (south-west midlands). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: way n.¹, English gelǣte. Etymology: In α. forms < way n.¹ + Old English gelǣte coming together, meeting, junction (see leet n.¹); in Middle English partly also showing the reflex of Old English wega , genitive plural of way n.¹ as the first element (see examples at leet n.¹). In β. forms apparently showing the reflex of rare Old English wegena, weak genitive plural of way n.¹ as the first element. The Middle English forms also show phonological reduction and loss of the prefix of the second element.In Old English the genitive phrase wega gelǣte (with regular strong genitive plural of the first element) is more frequently attested than the compound weggelǣte . It is also attested once with weak genitive plural of the first element in Northumbrian wegana gelēta (plural). For examples of the phrase see leet n.¹ In form woghelete at α. forms the first element is probably the reflex of Old English (Kentish) weoga (genitive plural), showing back mutation, and subsequent development of weo- to wo- . Later variation in the vowel of the second element (e.g. in weielot, weilot at α. forms) apparently reflects a loss of stress. Obsolete. A place where two or more roads meet.For two-way leet, three-way leet, four-way leet: see leet n.¹In quot. OE² rendering Latin compitalia festival held at crossroads (see compital adj.). In quot. 1240 in a surname. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] wayleetOE leetOE cornerc1384 cornelc1420 three-went way1787 infall1895 OE Homily (Hatton 115) (Dict. Old Eng. transcript) Þa wifmen þe berað hyra cild to wegelætum. OE Aldhelm Glosses (Digby 146) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 121/2 Competalia, weggelæte. 1240 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Brit. Surnames (1991) 493/2 Aspelon atte Wylet. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7739 Summe heo wenden to þan wude summe to weien-læten [c1300 Otho weynleates]. c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 341 Ren a-boute bi þe strete, Bi wey and bi weonlete. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 2 Kings i. 20 Nether telle ȝe in the weilottis of Ascolon [L. in compitis Ascalonis]. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 161 A verrey dunghep in a weylate [Fr. carrefour], ther eche at his time may come to make filthe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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