keowe
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Etymology edit
From early Middle English scuven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban. For unexpected loss of initial s-, compare keillès (“skittles”) and cowdealeen (“scolding”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /kuː/
- Homophones: keow, keough
Noun edit
keowe
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 49