Old English · noun

mæw

Normalised mǣw

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /mæːw/
Syllables: mæːw (1 syllable)
Modern English: gull mew seagull

Meaning

gull, seagull

On gōdne dæġ ic ġefō crabban and telle mǣwas.

On a good day, I catch crabs and count seagulls.

Declension

Declension of mæw
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mǣw	mǣwas
Accusative	mǣw	mǣwas
Genitive	mǣwes	mǣwa
Dative	mǣwe	mǣwum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maiwiz, a byform of Proto-Germanic *maiwaz. Cognate with West Frisian meau, miuw, Old Saxon mēu (Middle Low German meve, from which German Möwe), Dutch meeuw, Old Norse már, mór.

Descendants

mew

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