weyven

From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waif, from Old Norse veif (“flag”); equivalent to weif +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• weyve, wayve, weive, wayfe, wayvye, wayven, veyfen, waifen

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛi̯vən/
• (Northern ME) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːvən/

weyven

1. To decide not to engage in or with something; to ignore one's right to do something:
   1. To refuse to perform a task or job or take on a duty.
   2. To waive, renounce or reject something; to give up or go without. (e.g. a cause, a luxury, or a plot of land)
   3. To abscond; to sign out or relieve oneself.
2. To avoid or to resist engaging in something:
   1. To withstand attack or tempting; to remain unbroken or resistant.
   2. To escape from something; to elude or remain unfindable.
3. To block; to prevent:
   1. To dismiss; to send away or drive away.
   2. To eliminate, to get rid of or purge.
   3. To deem illegal; to declare someone to be a criminal.
   4. To distract; to stop from entering.
4. To facilitate the passage of something to someone.
5. To surrender; to admit or acknowledge defeat.

• English: waive
• Scots: wave (obsolete)

• “weiven, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

From Old Norse veifa, from Proto-Germanic *waibijaną.

• weyve, wayve, wayf, wayfe, wayven, veyven

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛi̯vən/

weyven

1. To shake, waver or totter; to move to and fro:
   1. To dangle; to sway to and fro while suspended.
   2. To move about; to travel aimlessly or erratically.
   3. (figurative, rare) To be easily convinced to change course; to be uncertain.
2. To cause to shake, waver or totter; to push around:
   1. (rare) To open, to lift up.
   2. (figurative, rare) To make oneself distracted.

• English: waive

• “weiven, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.