Old English · noun
eow
Normalised ēow
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /e͜oːw/
- Syllables
- e͜oːw (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- wosurpriseexpressionyoalas
eow1 · interjection
Senses
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Expression of grief, sorrow, or surprise Wo!; Alas!
eow2 · noun · masculine · alternative form
Senses
-
alternative form of īw
Declension · strong a-stem
eow3 · pronoun · inflected form
Senses
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accusative/dative of ġē: (to) you (plural)
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Inflected form of ġē
All forms (6)
Etymology
Natural exclamation
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English eow From Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz (dative/accusative case of *jūz), from Proto-Indo-European *wes (compare also *yúHs, whence *jūz). Cognate with Old Frisian ju (West Frisian jo), Old Saxon iu, ju (Low German jo, ju), Dutch u, Old High German iu (German euch), Old Norse yðr (Icelandic yður, Swedish er), Gothic (izwis).
Descendants
yo, you
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