"medwe" meaning in Middle English

See medwe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛdwə/, /ˈmɛdɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈmɛduː/, /ˈmɛːd-/, /ˈmidwə/, /ˈmidɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈmiduː/, /ˈmeːd-/ (note: from Anglian Old English mēd), /ˈmɛdiu̯(ə)/ (note: especially Kent, Southern, South Midland)
Etymology: From the oblique forms of Old English mǣd, mēd, from Proto-West Germanic *mādu, from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō. Doublet of mede (“meadow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|mǣd}} Old English mǣd, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*mādu}} Proto-West Germanic *mādu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*mēdwō}} Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, {{doublet|enm|mede|id1=meadow|t1=meadow}} Doublet of mede (“meadow”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} medwe, {{enm-noun|medwes}} medwe (plural medwes) Forms: medwes [plural], medewe [alternative], medo [alternative], medou [alternative], medow [alternative], medowe [alternative], medu [alternative], medue [alternative], middow [alternative], mydow [alternative], mydwe [alternative]
  1. meadow, clearing Synonyms: mede

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "meadow"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "míodún"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "meedow"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "mede",
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        "t1": "meadow"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of mede (“meadow”)",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the oblique forms of Old English mǣd, mēd, from Proto-West Germanic *mādu, from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō. Doublet of mede (“meadow”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "medwes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medewe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medou",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medow",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medowe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medue",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "middow",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mydow",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mydwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "name": "Agriculture",
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      ],
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        ],
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          "clearing"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "mede"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛdwə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛdɔu̯(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛduː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛːd-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmidwə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmidɔu̯(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiduː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeːd-/",
      "note": "from Anglian Old English mēd"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛdiu̯(ə)/",
      "note": "especially Kent, Southern, South Midland"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "ga",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "míodún"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "meedow"
    }
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    }
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      ]
    },
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      ]
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      "form": "medo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medou",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medow",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medowe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "medue",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "middow",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mydow",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mydwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Middle English nouns",
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        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "enm:Agriculture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meadow, clearing"
      ],
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        [
          "meadow",
          "meadow"
        ],
        [
          "clearing",
          "clearing"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mede"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛdwə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛdɔu̯(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛduː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛːd-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmidwə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmidɔu̯(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiduː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeːd-/",
      "note": "from Anglian Old English mēd"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛdiu̯(ə)/",
      "note": "especially Kent, Southern, South Midland"
    }
  ],
  "word": "medwe"
}

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