"yowe" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yowes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English yowe, yeue, forms of ewe, from Old English eowu. Compare Scots cognate yowe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yowe}} Middle English yowe, {{inh|en|ang|eowu}} Old English eowu Head templates: {{en-noun}} yowe (plural yowes)
  1. (dialect, UK, Scotland) A ewe; a female sheep. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Female animals Synonyms: yeo, yoe, yow
    Sense id: en-yowe-en-noun-o4GKkuvn Disambiguation of Female animals: 97 3 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 84 4 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 2 5 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} yowe, {{en-pron}} yowe
  1. Obsolete form of you. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: you
    Sense id: en-yowe-en-pron-LK~~3JXr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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