lareow

Middle English

Noun

lareow

1. Alternative form of larew

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Old English

Alternative forms

• lārēoƿ — wynn spelling

Etymology

From lār (“teaching; doctrine”) +‎ *ēow, a word or suffix of uncertain origin and meaning. Compare Old Saxon lēreo (“teacher”).

Some authorities believe the second element to be a corruption of Old Old English þēow (“servant; minister”), which shows up in later forms of the word, e.g. Old Old English lārþēaw (for *lārþēow); Middle Middle English lorthew, etc. yet this might be assimilation in retrospect caused by confusion or folk-etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː.re͜oːw/

Noun

lārēow m (nominative plural lārēowas)

1. teacher

Declension

Declension of lārēow (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lārēow	lārēowas
accusative	lārēow	lārēowas
genitive	lārēowes	lārēowa
dative	lārēowe	lārēowum

Coordinate terms

• lǣrestre f (“female teacher”)

Derived terms

• hēahlārēow
• lārēowdōm
• lārēowlīċ
• lārēowsetl

Descendants

• Middle English: larew