sawe

English

Verb

sawe

1. Obsolete spelling of saw. simple past of see

Anagrams

• Awes, EAWs, awes, waes, wase

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sagu, from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagō.

Alternative forms

• zawe, sowe, sa, sae, sagh (northern)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsau̯(ə)/

Noun

sawe (plural sawes)

2. saying, saw

Descendants

• English: saw
• Yola: zaawe

References

• “sau(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Adjective

sawe

1. Alternative form of sauf

Preposition

sawe

1. Alternative form of sauf

Conjunction

sawe

1. Alternative form of sauf

Etymology 3

Verb

sawe

1. (Northern) Alternative form of sowen (“to sow”)

Scots

Verb

sawe

1. to sow

Yakan

Noun

sawe

1. snake