whete

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === ȝwete, huete, weete, wete, wheete, whet, whette, wheyte, wheytt, whiett, whyte quete, quheyt, qwet, qwhete (Northern) hwæte, hweate, hwete, whæte (Early Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English hwǣte, hwēte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhwɛ̝ːt(ə)/ (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈwɛ̝ːt(ə)/, /ˈxwɛ̝ːt(ə)/ === Noun === whete (uncountable) Wheat (“plant of the genus Triticum”). The grain resulting from wheat; corn. The better or more valuable part of something. ==== Derived terms ==== wheten ==== Descendants ==== English: wheat Middle Scots: quhete Scots: white, wheat, wheyt Yola: whet ==== References ==== “whēte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 July 2018.