soe

      See also SOE, and S.O.E.

      English

      Noun

      soe (plural soes)

      1. (obsolete) a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
        • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 55:
          "... no more then a Pump grown dry will yield any water, unless you pour a little water into it first, and then for one Bason-ful you may fetch up so many Soe-fuls"

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      Estonian

      Adjective

      soe (genitive sooja, partitive sooja)

      1. warm

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      Middle Dutch

      Etymology

      From Old Dutch *suo, from Proto-Germanic *, originally the feminine demonstrative pronoun. Compare Old English sēo, Old Norse , Gothic 𐍃𐍉 ().

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: /zuə/, /zu/

      Pronoun

      soe

      1. (chiefly Flemish) Alternative form of si. (feminine singular)

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      Portuguese

      Verb

      soe (infinitive: soar)

      1. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of soar
      2. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of soar
      3. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of soar
      4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of soar
      5. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of soar
      6. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of soar

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      West Frisian

      Verb

      soe

      1. would (modal verb) (see sille)
        “Ik soe it mar dwaan as ik dy wie.” (I would have done it if I were you.)
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