rawe

See also: Rawe

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hrēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

Alternative forms

• raw, rau, rauȝ, raugh, rae, ra, rowe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rau̯/

Adjective

rawe (superlative rawest)

2. raw (not subject to cooking or heating)
3. raw, unprocessed, unfiltered (not subject to processing or refinement)
4. (usually referring to one's skin) wounded, hurt, punctured
5. (usually referring to one's bodily parts) vulnerable, visible, bare
6. (figurative) young, primitive, rough, simple
7. (rare) unripened, immature

Descendants

• English: raw
• Scots: raw

References

• “rau(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-07.

Noun

rawe

1. A painful or difficult bodily presence.
2. (rare) unprocessed fabric
3. (rare) The state of being unripe or immature.

References

• “raue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-07.

Etymology 2

Noun

rawe

1. Alternative form of rewe (“row”)