lew
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]


From corruption of French louis, from Louis,[1] presumably Louis IX or Louis XI, who issued gold écus.
Noun[edit]
lew (plural lews or lewis or leois)
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
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 læ (“shelter”). Compare lee.[2]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lew (comparative lewer, superlative lewest)
Usage notes[edit]
Now chiefly Southern Scottish and Northern English.
Noun[edit]

lew (plural lews)
- (now Scotland) Warmth, heat.
- (dialect) A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks.
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
lew (third-person singular simple present lews, present participle lewing, simple past and past participle lewed)
- (transitive) To make warm or lukewarm.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To become warm.
- (transitive) To shelter from the wind.
Etymology 3[edit]
Uncertain, but compare Old English ġelewed (“weakness, infirmity”) and limlǣweo (“limb-weak, lame”).[3] Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *laiwą (“damage”); compare Old Norse læ (“venom, bane”).
Adjective[edit]
lew (comparative more lew, superlative most lew)
Etymology 4[edit]
Interjection[edit]
lew
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 5[edit]
Verb[edit]
lew (third-person singular simple present lews, present participle lewing, simple past and past participle lewed)
- (mining, dialect, transitive) Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.
References[edit]
- ^ "† lew, n.¹" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "lew, adj.¹ and n.²" and "lew, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "lew, adj.²" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "lew, int." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "lue | lew, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1903), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- lew in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “lew”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Cornish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *llew, from Latin leō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lew m (plural lewyon)
Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
lēw
- Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐍅
Kashubian[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ. Cognates include Polish lew and Czech lev.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lew m anim (feminine lwica or lewka or lewina, diminutive lewk)
References[edit]
- “lew”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “lew”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, probably via a Germanic language, from Latin leō.
Noun[edit]
lew m anim (diminutive lewek, augmentative lwisko, feminine lwica)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Bulgarian лев (lev), from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ.
Noun[edit]
lew m anim
- lev (currency of Bulgaria)
Declension[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
lew f
Further reading[edit]
- lew in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lew in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
lew
Welsh[edit]
Noun[edit]
lew
- Soft mutation of llew.
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *leb-, cognate with Persian لب (lab), English lip etc.
Noun[edit]
lew
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