"mawe" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmau̯(ə)/, /ˈmaɣə/ [Early-Middle-English], /maːɣ/, /maɣ/ (note: Yorkshire, Lancashire) Forms: mawes [plural], mawen [plural], maghe [alternative], maugh [alternative], maw [alternative], maȝe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], maȝa [alternative, Early-Middle-English], mæȝe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], mæȝa [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
Etymology: From Old English maga, from Proto-West Germanic *magō, from Proto-Germanic *magô. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|maga}} Old English maga, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*magō}} Proto-West Germanic *magō, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*magô}} Proto-Germanic *magô Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} mawe, {{enm-noun|pl=mawes|pl2=mawen}} mawe (plural mawes or mawen)
  1. The stomach or guts of an organism; also when used as food.
    Sense id: en-mawe-enm-noun-enm:stomach
  2. One of the various organs of the belly; one's entrails; especially:
    The liver (digestive organ)
    Sense id: en-mawe-enm-noun-z9lyBZvE Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy, Meats, Organs Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 17 17 4 16 8 11 21 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 3 30 33 10 4 8 6 6 Disambiguation of Meats: 6 22 22 6 22 7 3 11 Disambiguation of Organs: 4 32 32 2 7 4 7 11
  3. One of the various organs of the belly; one's entrails; especially:
    (rare) The uterus (reproductive organ)
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-mawe-enm-noun-mqGrPmyJ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy, Meats, Organs Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 17 17 4 16 8 11 21 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 3 30 33 10 4 8 6 6 Disambiguation of Meats: 6 22 22 6 22 7 3 11 Disambiguation of Organs: 4 32 32 2 7 4 7 11
  4. The belly or stomach; the part of the body between the chest and the torso.
    Sense id: en-mawe-enm-noun-SGS7ypIP
  5. (rare) The mouth or maw. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-mawe-enm-noun-MAUp4YZX Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Meats Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 17 17 4 16 8 11 21 Disambiguation of Meats: 6 22 22 6 22 7 3 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} mawe
  1. alternative form of mewe (“gull”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mewe (extra: gull)
    Sense id: en-mawe-enm-noun-7Gd25NBF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} mawe
  1. alternative form of mowen (“to be able to”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mowen (extra: to be able to)
    Sense id: en-mawe-enm-verb-s86A~nlZ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 17 17 4 16 8 11 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} mawe
  1. alternative form of mowen (“to mow”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mowen (extra: to mow)
    Sense id: en-mawe-enm-verb-4buFaNVc Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Meats, Organs Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 17 17 4 16 8 11 21 Disambiguation of Meats: 6 22 22 6 22 7 3 11 Disambiguation of Organs: 4 32 32 2 7 4 7 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). 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.