rowen

See also: Rowen

English

Alternative forms

• roughings
• rowet, rowett
• rowings

Etymology

Compare rough.

Noun

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.
   • Mortimer

     Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens till snow comes.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: äpäre (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: guaime m

Anagrams

• owner, rewon, worne

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Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• rowe, rouwen, rowyn, reowen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔu̯ən/

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of rowen (strong class 7/weak)

infinitive	(to) rowen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	rowe	rewe, rowed
2nd person singular	rowest	rewe, rowed, *rowedest
3rd person singular	roweþ, roweth	rewe, rowed
plural	rowen	*rewen, roweden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	rowe	*rewe, *rowede
plural	rowen	*rewen, roweden
imperative	present
singular	rowe
plural	roweþ, roweth
participle	present	past
	rowende, rowinge	*(y)rowen, (y)rowed

Related terms

• rother

Descendants

• English: row
• Scots: row

References

• “rouen (v.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-8.

Etymology 2

From rewe (“row”) +‎ -en.

Alternative forms

• rowe, rewen, rewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔu̯ən/, /ˈrɛu̯ən/

Verb

rowen

1. To shine; to emit light.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rowen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) rowen, rowe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	rowe	rowed
2nd-person singular	rowest	rowedest
3rd-person singular	roweth	rowed
subjunctive singular	rowe
imperative singular		—
plural1	rowen, rowe	roweden, rowede
imperative plural	roweth, rowe	—
participles	rowynge, rowende	rowed, yrowed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

• “reuen (v.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-8.

Etymology 3

From Old English hrēowan.

Verb

rowen

1. Alternative form of rewen (“to regret”)