Obs. rare. Forms: 1 weoþobend, 4 weþebond, withbinde. [OE. *wiþobend, weoþobend (cf. OLG. widebinde ‘ligustrum’), f. wiþ- in WITHE + bend BEND sb.1 (Cf. BINDWITH, BENDWITH.)] A name for certain plants having pliant stems.

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c. 1000.  Sax. Leechd., II. 312. Nim þas wyrte, safenan & mersc mealwan … & weoþobend.

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1362.  Langl., P. Pl., A. VI. 9. He bar a bordun I-bounde wiþ a brod lyste, In A weþebondes [v.r. wodebyndes] wyse I-wriþen aboute.

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[1551:  see WEEDBIND.]

4

1648–58.  Hexham, Mondt-hout,… Privet, Prime-print, or White-withbinde.

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