"sowen" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sowen
  1. (obsolete) past participle of sow Tags: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Form of: sow
    Sense id: en-sowen-en-verb-sORwPsMJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Northern Middle English Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 75 3 6 5 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 4 5 6 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Northern Middle English: 78 3 3 3 5 3 4

Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈsɔu̯ən/, /ˈsɑu̯ən/ (note: early or Northern ME)
Etymology: From Old English sāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *sāan, from Proto-Germanic *sēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (compare seed). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|sāwan}} Old English sāwan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*sāan}} Proto-West Germanic *sāan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sēaną}} Proto-Germanic *sēaną, {{der|enm|ine-pro|*seh₁-}} Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-, {{m|enm|seed}} seed Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} sowen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|sow|sew|c=7|w=ed}} Forms: strong weak [table-tags], sowen [infinitive], to sowen [infinitive], sowe [infinitive], sowe [first-person, present, singular], sew [first-person, past, singular], sowed [first-person, past, singular], sowest [present, second-person, singular], sewe [past, second-person, singular], sew [past, second-person, singular], sowedest [past, second-person, singular], soweth [present, singular, third-person], sew [past, singular, third-person], sowed [past, singular, third-person], sowe [present, singular, subjunctive], sewe [past, singular, subjunctive], sowed [past, singular, subjunctive], sowe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], sowen [plural, present], sowe [plural, present], sewen [past, plural], sewe [past, plural], soweden [past, plural], sowede [past, plural], soweth [imperative, plural, present], sowe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], sowynge [participle, present], sowende [participle, present], sowen [participle, past], sowe [participle, past], sowed [participle, past], ysowen [participle, past], ysowe [participle, past]
  1. To sow (seed, land with seed): Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-sowen-enm-verb-enm:to_sow Disambiguation of Agriculture: 15 19 17 10 24 15
  2. (figurative) To scatter or disperse. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-sowen-enm-verb-wM41J8JF Disambiguation of Agriculture: 15 19 17 10 24 15
  3. (figurative) To spread or propagate. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-sowen-enm-verb-QcStWyOy Disambiguation of Agriculture: 15 19 17 10 24 15
  4. (rare) To beget; to originate. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-sowen-enm-verb-nOaM~qEJ Disambiguation of Agriculture: 15 19 17 10 24 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sowere
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: sau, saw, sawen, sawenn, sawyn, sawe, schewe, schewen, souwe, souwen, sowȝe, sowȝen, sowyn, sowyne, zaw, sowe

Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈsuːən/
Etymology: Of unknown origin; the form points to an Old English *sugian; compare sorg (“sorrow, grief”). Etymology templates: {{unk|enm|nocap=1}} unknown, {{inh|enm|ang|*sugian}} Old English *sugian, {{m|ang|sorg|t=sorrow, grief}} sorg (“sorrow, grief”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} sowen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|sow}} Forms: weak [table-tags], sowen [infinitive], to sowen [infinitive], sowe [infinitive], sowe [first-person, present, singular], sowed [first-person, past, singular], sowest [present, second-person, singular], sowedest [past, second-person, singular], soweth [present, singular, third-person], sowed [past, singular, third-person], sowe [present, singular, subjunctive], sowed [past, singular, subjunctive], sowe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], sowen [plural, present], sowe [plural, present], soweden [past, plural], sowede [past, plural], soweth [imperative, plural, present], sowe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], sowynge [participle, present], sowende [participle, present], sowed [participle, past], ysowed [participle, past]
  1. To distress; to torment. Tags: Northern Categories (topical): Agriculture, Emotions
    Sense id: en-sowen-enm-verb-enm:to_torment Disambiguation of Agriculture: 15 19 17 10 24 15 Disambiguation of Emotions: 2 2 0 1 46 50
  2. To feel pain or torment. Tags: Northern Categories (topical): Agriculture, Emotions
    Sense id: en-sowen-enm-verb-ujV~vmSE Disambiguation of Agriculture: 15 19 17 10 24 15 Disambiguation of Emotions: 2 2 0 1 46 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sowe, soghe, sow, suwie Synonyms (early): suhie
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'early': 0 0

Alternative forms

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      "form": "sowynge",
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      "form": "sowende",
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          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I, published 1921",
          "text": "XLII And to augment the glorie of his guile, 370 His dearest love, the faire Fidessa, loe Is there possessed of the traytour vile, Who reapes the harvest sowen by his foe, Sowen in bloudy field, and bought with woe: That brothers hand shall dearely well requight, 375 So be, O Queene, you equall favour showe.",
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    {
      "form": "sowed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soweden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ysowed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "sowen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sow"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To distress; to torment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distress",
          "distress"
        ],
        [
          "torment",
          "torment"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:to torment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To feel pain or torment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pain",
          "pain"
        ],
        [
          "torment",
          "torment"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsuːən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "soghe"
    },
    {
      "word": "sow"
    },
    {
      "word": "sowe"
    },
    {
      "sense": "early",
      "word": "suhie"
    },
    {
      "word": "suwie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sowen"
}

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