rew
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rew (plural rews)
- Obsolete or dialectal form of row[1]
- 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Teares of the Muses”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
- So ended shee: and then the next in rew
Began her mournfull plaint, as doth ensew
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volumes (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
- a rew of sundry coloured stones
Verb edit
rew
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
rew
- Abbreviation of rewind (“e.g. on tape recorder button”).
References edit
- ^ “rew”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Mapudungun edit
Noun edit
rew (Raguileo spelling)
References edit
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English hrēow.
Noun edit
rew
- Alternative form of rewe (“rue”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Anglo-Norman ruwe.
Noun edit
rew
- Alternative form of rue
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /reːu̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /rɛu̯/
Noun edit
rew m
- Soft mutation of rhew (“frost, ice”).
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
rhew | rew | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Zazaki edit
Adverb edit
rew
- early (at a time before expected)