Old English · noun

eowu

Part of speech: noun, feminine
IPA: /ˈe͜o.wu/
Syllables: ˈe͜o · wu (2 syllables)
Modern English: ewe

Meaning

ewe

Þā eowe man āsyndrede fram heora lambrum, and hīe belifon æt þām tūne, þǣr hīe ġemolcena wurdon.

The ewes were separated from their lambs, and they remained at the farm, where they were milked.

Declension

Declension of eowu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eowu	eowa
Accusative	eowe	eowa
Genitive	eowe	eowena
Dative	eowe	eowenum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz. * Germanic cognates: Old Frisian ei, Old Saxon ewwi, Old High German ouwi (German Aue), Old Norse ær, Gothic (awēþi, “flock of sheep”). * Indo-European cognates: Luwian (/⁠ḫāwīs⁠/), Latin ovis, Ancient Greek ὄϊς (óïs), Old Church Slavonic овьца (ovĭca) (Russian овца́ (ovcá)), Old Irish ói, Lithuanian avi̇̀s, Tocharian B awi.

Descendants

ewe

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