Old English · noun
seaw
Normalised sēaw
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine / neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /sæ͜ɑːw/
- Syllables
- sæ͜ɑːw (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- bodily fluidjuicesewsapmoisturebodilyfluid
Meaning
-
juice, sap
-
moisture
-
bodily fluid
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sauw. Cognate with Old High German sou (“juice”), Old Norse sǫggr (“moist”) (Icelandic söggur), dialectal Swedish sögg, sygg (“damp, humid”). Probably related to English sog.
Descendants
sew
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