rowen

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Etymology 1[edit]

Middle English rowein, from Anglo-Norman rewain, from an Old Northern French variant of Old French regain (an increase).

Noun[edit]

rowen (plural rowens)

  1. A second crop of hay; aftermath.
  2. A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle.
    • 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. [], 2nd edition, London: [] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock [], and J[onathan] Robinson [], published 1708, →OCLC:
      For the wintering of cattle, about September you must turn them out that you design to keep up for a winter or a spring market, and your cows, that give milk into your rowens, till snow or a hard frost comes, and they will need no fodder.
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rowen (countable and uncountable, plural rowens)

  1. (Scotland) dated form of roving (an elongate bundle of fiber).

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English rōwan, from Proto-Germanic *rōaną.

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rowen

  1. To row; paddle (use oars to power a seaborne vehicle)
  2. To move by rowing or paddling (to move by using oars to power a seaborne vehicle)
  3. To move in the water; to paddle or splash.
  4. To go, travel, journey or voyage
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  • English: row
  • Scots: row
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Etymology 2[edit]

From rewe (row) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔu̯ən/, /ˈrɛu̯ən/

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rowen

  1. To shine; to emit light.
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rowen

  1. Alternative form of rewen (to regret)