lewer
See also: Lewer
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Adjective edit
lewer
- comparative form of lew: more lew
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Etymology edit
From Dutch lever, from Middle Dutch levere, from Old Dutch *livara, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smudge, stick”), from *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”).
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Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English lever (“A living being”).
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Adverb edit
lewer
- A living creature.
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 9:
- Co Sooney, "Billeen dowst thee zee faads lewer,
- Says Alice "Billy, do you see what's yonder?"
References edit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132