lew
English
Etymology 1
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From corruption of French louis, from Louis,[1] presumably Louis IX or Louis XI, who issued gold écus.
Noun
lew (plural lews or lewis or leois)
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
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
Adjective
lew (comparative lewer, superlative lewest)
Usage notes
Now chiefly Southern Scottish and Northern English.
Noun
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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
Verb
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
Of uncertain etymology, 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
lew (comparative more lew, superlative most lew)
Etymology 4
Interjection
lew
Derived terms
Etymology 5
Verb
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
- ^ "† 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
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *lew, from Latin leō.
Pronunciation
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Noun
lew m (plural lewyon)
Gothic
Romanization
lēw
- Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐍅
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ. Probably from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. language, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin leō.
Noun
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Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
lew m inan
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
lew f
Further reading
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Noun
lew
Welsh
Noun
lew
- Soft mutation of llew.
Zazaki
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *leb-, cognate with Persian لب (lab), English lip etc.
Noun
lew
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