"clawe" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈklau̯(ə)/, /ˈklɔu̯(ə)/ Forms: clawes [plural], clawen [plural], claw [alternative], clauwe [alternative], clowe [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English clawu, from the oblique forms of Proto-West Germanic *klawu, from Proto-Germanic *klawō. Doublet of cle. The form clowe possibly continue Old English *clōwu or *clāwu, from Proto-West Germanic *klāwu or *klōwu, from Proto-Germanic *klēwō or *klōwō. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|clawu}} Old English clawu, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*klawu}} Proto-West Germanic *klawu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*klawō}} Proto-Germanic *klawō, {{doublet|enm|cle}} Doublet of cle, {{m+|ang|*clōwu}} Old English *clōwu, {{m+|gmw-pro|*klāwu}} Proto-West Germanic *klāwu, {{m+|gem-pro|*klēwō}} Proto-Germanic *klēwō Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} clawe, {{enm-noun|clawes|pl2=clawen}} clawe (plural clawes or clawen)
  1. A claw; a horny nail on the feet of certain animals.
    Sense id: en-clawe-enm-noun-823zFm33 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Animal body parts Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 27 17 19 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 26 8 13 8 4 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 37 7 11 6 3 3 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 35 24 12 27 3
  2. A hoof; a horny toe on the feet of equids.
    Sense id: en-clawe-enm-noun-8vC1bX0t Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 27 17 19 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 37 7 11 6 3 3
  3. (rare) A claw-shaped implement or point. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-clawe-enm-noun-6shWwYod Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 27 17 19 7
  4. (rare, in the plural) Possession; control; clutches. Tags: in-plural, rare
    Sense id: en-clawe-enm-noun-wPF1Ln2I Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 27 17 19 7 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 17 15 10 35 3 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 37 7 11 6 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cle Related terms: clawen, clawynge
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} clawe
  1. alternative form of clawen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: clawen
    Sense id: en-clawe-enm-verb-UAz9xtBK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Old English]

Head templates: {{head|ang|noun form}} clawe
  1. accusative/genitive/dative singular of clawu Tags: accusative, dative, form-of, genitive, singular Form of: clawu
    Sense id: en-clawe-ang-noun-aoo9Eon7
  2. nominative/accusative plural of clawu Tags: accusative, form-of, nominative, plural Form of: clawu
    Sense id: en-clawe-ang-noun-XAMS6Crg

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "en",
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          "lang_code": "sco",
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        "alternative"
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          "_dis": "30 27 17 19 7",
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          "_dis": "39 26 8 13 8 4 3",
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          "_dis": "35 24 12 27 3",
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          "equid"
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        "(rare) A claw-shaped implement or point."
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "Possession; control; clutches."
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        "(rare, in the plural) Possession; control; clutches."
      ],
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        "rare"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklau̯(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɔu̯(ə)/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cle"
    }
  ],
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}

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    }
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        {
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        "alternative form of clawen"
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          "clawen#Middle_English"
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "clawu"
        }
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}
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    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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        "(rare, in the plural) Possession; control; clutches."
      ],
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        "rare"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɔu̯(ə)/"
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      "word": "cle"
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}

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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (e79dea5 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.