"mewen" meaning in Middle English

See mewen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmiu̯ən/
Etymology: From Old French muer, from Latin mūtō; equivalent to mew + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|muer}} Old French muer, {{der|enm|la|mūtō}} Latin mūtō, {{af|enm|mew|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} mew + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} mewen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|mew}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mewen [infinitive], to mewen [infinitive], mewe [infinitive], mewe [first-person, present, singular], mewed [first-person, past, singular], mewest [present, second-person, singular], mewedest [past, second-person, singular], meweth [present, singular, third-person], mewed [past, singular, third-person], mewe [present, singular, subjunctive], mewed [past, singular, subjunctive], mewe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], mewen [plural, present], mewe [plural, present], meweden [past, plural], mewede [past, plural], meweth [imperative, plural, present], mewe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], mewynge [participle, present], mewende [participle, present], mewed [participle, past], ymewed [participle, past], mewe [alternative], mue [alternative], muwe [alternative], miuen [alternative], mwen [alternative], mwe [alternative]
  1. To mew or moult; to rid oneself of one's feathers.
    Sense id: en-mewen-enm-verb-enm:to_moult Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English onomatopoeias, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Animal sounds, Falconry Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 14 27 15 26 Disambiguation of Middle English onomatopoeias: 15 18 23 20 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 21 23 31 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 14 26 12 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 10 28 12 27 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 21 20 21 17 21 Disambiguation of Falconry: 29 0 37 0 34
  2. (Late Middle English, rare) To change one's appearance or look. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-mewen-enm-verb-~ehsV7M- Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English onomatopoeias, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Animal sounds, Appearance Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 14 27 15 26 Disambiguation of Middle English onomatopoeias: 15 18 23 20 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 21 23 31 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 14 26 12 25 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 21 20 21 17 21 Disambiguation of Appearance: 2 94 2 0 2
  3. (Late Middle English, rare) To force to moult or mew. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-mewen-enm-verb-v5fowXTF Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English onomatopoeias, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Animal sounds, Falconry Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 14 27 15 26 Disambiguation of Middle English onomatopoeias: 15 18 23 20 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 21 23 31 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 14 26 12 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 10 28 12 27 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 21 20 21 17 21 Disambiguation of Falconry: 29 0 37 0 34
  4. (Late Middle English, rare) To imprison. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-mewen-enm-verb-BjEvYoLZ Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English onomatopoeias, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Animal sounds Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 14 27 15 26 Disambiguation of Middle English onomatopoeias: 15 18 23 20 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 21 23 31 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 14 26 12 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 10 28 12 27 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 21 20 21 17 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɛu̯ən/
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Phonetically similar to Catalan mèu (“meow”). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|enm}} Onomatopoeic, {{noncog|ca|mèu|t=meow}} Catalan mèu (“meow”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} mewen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|mew}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mewen [infinitive], to mewen [infinitive], mewe [infinitive], mewe [first-person, present, singular], mewed [first-person, past, singular], mewest [present, second-person, singular], mewedest [past, second-person, singular], meweth [present, singular, third-person], mewed [past, singular, third-person], mewe [present, singular, subjunctive], mewed [past, singular, subjunctive], mewe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], mewen [plural, present], mewe [plural, present], meweden [past, plural], mewede [past, plural], meweth [imperative, plural, present], mewe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], mewynge [participle, present], mewende [participle, present], mewed [participle, past], ymewed [participle, past], mewe [alternative]
  1. To mew or miaow.
    Sense id: en-mewen-enm-verb-enm:to_mew Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Animal sounds, Falconry Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 14 27 15 26 Disambiguation of Middle English onomatopoeias: 15 18 23 20 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 14 26 12 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 10 28 12 27 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 21 20 21 17 21 Disambiguation of Falconry: 29 0 37 0 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mew"
          },
          "expansion": "English: mew",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: mew"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "muer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French muer",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mūtō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mūtō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "mew",
        "3": "-en",
        "id2": "infinitival",
        "pos2": "infinitival suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "mew + -en (infinitival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French muer, from Latin mūtō; equivalent to mew + -en (infinitival suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mue",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miuen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "mewen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mew"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 14 27 15 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 18 23 20 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 23 31 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 14 26 12 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 10 28 12 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 20 21 17 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Animal sounds",
          "orig": "enm:Animal sounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 0 37 0 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Falconry",
          "orig": "enm:Falconry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mew or moult; to rid oneself of one's feathers."
      ],
      "id": "en-mewen-enm-verb-enm:to_moult",
      "senseid": [
        "enm:to moult"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 14 27 15 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 18 23 20 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 23 31 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 14 26 12 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 20 21 17 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Animal sounds",
          "orig": "enm:Animal sounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 94 2 0 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Appearance",
          "orig": "enm:Appearance",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change one's appearance or look."
      ],
      "id": "en-mewen-enm-verb-~ehsV7M-",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Middle English, rare) To change one's appearance or look."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 14 27 15 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 18 23 20 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 23 31 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 14 26 12 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 10 28 12 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 20 21 17 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Animal sounds",
          "orig": "enm:Animal sounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 0 37 0 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Falconry",
          "orig": "enm:Falconry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To force to moult or mew."
      ],
      "id": "en-mewen-enm-verb-v5fowXTF",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Middle English, rare) To force to moult or mew."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 14 27 15 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 18 23 20 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 23 31 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 14 26 12 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 10 28 12 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 20 21 17 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Animal sounds",
          "orig": "enm:Animal sounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To imprison."
      ],
      "id": "en-mewen-enm-verb-BjEvYoLZ",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Middle English, rare) To imprison."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiu̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mewen"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mew"
          },
          "expansion": "English: mew",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: mew"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm"
      },
      "expansion": "Onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "mèu",
        "t": "meow"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan mèu (“meow”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic. Phonetically similar to Catalan mèu (“meow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "mewen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mew"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 14 27 15 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 18 23 20 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 14 26 12 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 10 28 12 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 20 21 17 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Animal sounds",
          "orig": "enm:Animal sounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 0 37 0 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Falconry",
          "orig": "enm:Falconry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mew or miaow."
      ],
      "id": "en-mewen-enm-verb-enm:to_mew",
      "links": [
        [
          "mew",
          "mew"
        ],
        [
          "miaow",
          "miaow"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:to mew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛu̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mewen"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English onomatopoeias",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Animal sounds",
    "enm:Appearance",
    "enm:Falconry"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mew"
          },
          "expansion": "English: mew",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: mew"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "muer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French muer",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mūtō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mūtō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "mew",
        "3": "-en",
        "id2": "infinitival",
        "pos2": "infinitival suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "mew + -en (infinitival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French muer, from Latin mūtō; equivalent to mew + -en (infinitival suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mue",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miuen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "mewen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mew"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To mew or moult; to rid oneself of one's feathers."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:to moult"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Middle English",
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change one's appearance or look."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Middle English, rare) To change one's appearance or look."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Middle English",
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To force to moult or mew."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Middle English, rare) To force to moult or mew."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Middle English",
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To imprison."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Middle English, rare) To imprison."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiu̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mewen"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English onomatopoeias",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Animal sounds",
    "enm:Appearance",
    "enm:Falconry"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mew"
          },
          "expansion": "English: mew",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: mew"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm"
      },
      "expansion": "Onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "mèu",
        "t": "meow"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan mèu (“meow”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic. Phonetically similar to Catalan mèu (“meow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mewe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "mewen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mew"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To mew or miaow."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mew",
          "mew"
        ],
        [
          "miaow",
          "miaow"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:to mew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛu̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mewen"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mewen meaning in Middle English (7.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (9c82c1c and f1c2b61). 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.