vewe
Middle English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman vewe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈviu̯(ə)/
- Rhymes: -iu̯(ə)
Noun
vewe (plural vewes)
- An inspection, checkup, or examination, especially a legally ordained one.
- (Late Middle English) A scheduled minor court held in a local administrative district.
- (rare) A view or perspective.
- (rare) A stare, glance or look.
- (rare, Late Middle English) oversight, overseeing, direction, instruction
- (rare, Late Middle English) One's focus; what one is concentrating on.
References
- “veu(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-15.
Old French
Alternative forms
- veue (all meanings)
Noun
vewe oblique singular, f (oblique plural vewes, nominative singular vewe, nominative plural vewes)
- (Anglo-Norman) sight (ability to see)
- (Anglo-Norman) viewing; inspection
References
- vewe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Yola
Proper noun
vewe
- Alternative form of vew
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8:
- Hi kinket an keilt, ee vewe aam 'twode snite.
- They kicked and rolled, the few that appeared.
References
- 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 86
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