lew

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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A 1266 gold écu issued by Louis IX.
A 1498 gold écu issued by Louis XII.

From corruption of French louis, from Louis,[1] presumably Louis IX or Louis XI, who issued gold écus.

Noun

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lew (plural lews or lewis or leois)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A French gold coin circulated in 15th-century Scotland.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English lew, lewe, from Old English hlēow, hlēowe (warm, sunny, sheltered), from Proto-Germanic *hlewaz, *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz (warm, lukewarm), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱlēw- (warm, hot). Cognate with Old Norse hlýr (warm, mild), ( > Danish ly (lukewarm)), hlær, German lau, which are themselves akin to Old Norse hlé (lee), Danish (shelter). Compare lee.[2]

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Adjective

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lew (comparative lewer, superlative lewest)

  1. (obsolete) Sunny; warm.
  2. (dialect) Lukewarm, tepid.
  3. (dialect) Alee: protected from the wind.
    • 1674, J. Ray, "South & East Countrey Words" in Coll. Eng. Words, p. 70:
      Lee or Lew, Calm, under the wind. Suss.
    • 1892, H. C. O'Neill, Devonshire Idyls, page 7:
      His house... was ‘loo’ from the cold north winds.
Usage notes
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Now chiefly Southern Scottish and Northern English.

Noun

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Sheep sheltering beside a stone wall. Shepherds formerly raised lews—structures of thatch and sticks—for the same purpose.

lew (plural lews)

  1. (now Scotland) Warmth, heat.
    • 1605, J. Sylvester translating G. de S. Du Bartas as Deuine Weekes & Wks, Book i, Ch. iv, p. 136:
      To th' end a fruitfull lew
      May euerie Climate in his time renew.
  2. (dialect) A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks.
    • 1825, J. Jennings, Observ. Dial. W. Eng., p. 52:
      Lew, shelter; defence from storms or wind.
    • 1887, W. D. Parish & al., Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect:
      Lew, a thatched hurdle, supported by sticks, and set up in a field to screen lambs, etc. from the wind.
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Verb

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lew (third-person singular simple present lews, present participle lewing, simple past and past participle lewed)

  1. (transitive) To make warm or lukewarm.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become warm.
  3. (transitive) To shelter from the wind.
    • 1887, W. D. Parish & al., Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect:
      Lew... Those trees will lew the house when they're up-grown.

Etymology 3

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Uncertain, but compare Old English ġelewed (weakness, infirmity) and limlǣweo (limb-weak, lame).[3] Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *laiwą (damage); compare Old Norse (venom, bane).

Adjective

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lew (comparative more lew, superlative most lew)

  1. Weak.
  2. Sickly-looking, pale, wan.
    • c. 1325, "Old Age" in T. Wright & al.'s 1845 Reliquiae Antiquae, Vol. II, p. 211:
      Mi bodi wexit lewe.

Etymology 4

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Variant of lo (q.v.).[4]

Interjection

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lew

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lo or look: a cry to look at something.
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Etymology 5

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Variant of lue (q.v.).[5]

Verb

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lew (third-person singular simple present lews, present participle lewing, simple past and past participle lewed)

  1. (mining, dialect, transitive) Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.
    • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, page 122:
      Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.

References

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  1. ^ "† lew, n.¹" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ "lew, adj.¹ and n.²" and "lew, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  3. ^ "lew, adj.²" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  4. ^ "lew, int." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  5. ^ "lue | lew, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1903), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

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Cornish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *llew, from Latin leō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lew m (plural lewyon)

  1. lion

Gothic

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Romanization

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lēw

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐍅

Kashubian

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Lew.

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛf/
  • Rhymes: -ɛf
  • Syllabification: lew

Noun

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lew m animal (female equivalent lwica or lewka or lewina, diminutive lewk)

  1. lion (Panthera leo)

References

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  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “lew”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • lew”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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lew

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, probably via a Germanic language, from Latin leō. Doublet of Leon.

Noun

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lew m animal (female equivalent lwica, diminutive lewek, augmentative lwisko)

  1. lion
  2. (heraldry) lion
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adjective
noun

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Bulgarian лев (lev), from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ.

Noun

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lew m animal

  1. lev (currency of Bulgaria)
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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lew f

  1. genitive plural of lewa

Further reading

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  • lew in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lew in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch leeuw.

Noun

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lew

  1. lion

Welsh

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Noun

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lew

  1. Soft mutation of llew.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llew lew unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Zazaki

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lewi

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *leb-, cognate with Persian لب (lab), English lip etc.

Noun

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lew

  1. (anatomy) lip