lewed
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
lewed
- simple past and past participle of lew
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- lewd, leud, leued, lewde, leude, lewede, lewide, lewyd, lewid, lewide, lowed
- læwede, leawede, læuued, læwedd, læwæde, leawde (Early Middle English)
Etymology[edit]
From Old English lǣwede. According to the OED, of uncertain origin, but probably from Vulgar Latin *laigo-, from Late Latin laicus (“of the people”) + Old English -ede.
Otherwise, formally resembling a derivative of the past participle of Old English lǣwan (“to reveal, betray”) in the sense of "exposed as being unlearned" or "easily betrayed, clueless", from Proto-West Germanic *lāwijan (“to betray”), influenced in meaning by Latin laicus. If so, related to Middle English lewe (“treacherous”), belewen (“to hand over, betray”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lewed (comparative lewder, superlative lewedeste)
- Unrelated to the church; non-priestly; lay.
- Unschooled, not learned or educated; lacking in knowledge.
- c. 1370–1390, [William Langland], “[Passus 12]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...], London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC:
- Although men made bokes, God was the maister,
And Seint Spirit the samplarie, and seide what men sholde write.
And right as sight serveth a man to se the heighe strete,
Right so lereth scripture lewed men to reason.- Although men made books, God was the master,
And the Holy Spirit the example, and said what men should write.
And just as sight serves a man to see the high street,
So unschooled men learn scripture to reason.
- Although men made books, God was the master,
- Simple-minded, dumb, or unintelligent; lacking in brainpower.
- Unmannered, rude, or disrespectful.
- Low-quality; crude, feeble; of meagre workmanship.
- Lowborn or lowly; not of noble lineage.
- Ordinary, unsophisticated or simple; typifying one of non-noble lineage.
- (Late ME) Lewd, immoral, sinful, or malicious.
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “leued, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-30.
Noun[edit]
lewed
- An ignorant or simple-minded individual.
- Someone who is not involved in a clerical position.
References[edit]
- “leued, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-30.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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