"Tew" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: Tews [plural]
Etymology: Two possible origins: * English habitational surname from the villages of Great, Little and Duns Tew, in Oxfordshire, all from Old English tīewe (“row; lenghty object”) or tīwe (“meeting place, court”). * Welsh nickname for a fat man, from Welsh tew (“plump”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|tīewe||row; lenghty object}} Old English tīewe (“row; lenghty object”), {{der|en|cy|tew||plump}} Welsh tew (“plump”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Tews}} Tew (plural Tews)
  1. A surname. Related terms: Duns Tew, Great Tew, Little Tew
    Sense id: en-Tew-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Anglicisation of Old English Tīw from analogy with English Tuesday (Middle English Tewesday). Etymology templates: {{m+|ang|Tīw}} Old English Tīw, {{m+|en|Tuesday}} English Tuesday, {{cog|enm|Tewesday}} Middle English Tewesday Head templates: {{en-prop}} Tew
  1. (rare) Alternative form of Tiw (the god Tyr). Tags: alt-of, alternative, rare Alternative form of: Tiw (extra: the god Tyr)
    Sense id: en-Tew-en-name-WWwcLStx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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