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Lew¹

  • /ljuː/
  • /luː/

Sounds like lieu, Liu, lue, loo, Lou, lu (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uː

proper noun Lews

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Lewis.
  2. A male given name. When Lew Wasserman reinvented the studio system, leadership skills grew harder to find and the number of modern studio conglomerates boiled down to six, as discussed in chapters 15 to 20.
  3. A surname.

lew²

  • /ljuː/
  • /luː/

Sounds like lieu, Liu, lue, loo, Lou, lu (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

From corruption of French louis, from Louis, presumably Louis IX or Louis XI, who issued gold écus.

noun lews · lewis · leois · lewe

  1. Scotland, obsolete A French gold coin circulated in 15th-century Scotland. ...þe Ingliss noble, henry, ande Eduarde wᵗ þe ross, þe franche crowne, þe salute þe lewe and þe Ridar sall haif courss in þis realme...

lew³

  • /ljuː/
  • /luː/

Sounds like lieu, Liu, lue, loo, Lou, lu (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

From Middle English lew, lewe, from Old English *hlēowe, *hlīewe (attested adverbially in hlēowe (“warmly”) and as ġehlēowe, ġehlīewe (“warm, sunny, sheltered”), unhlēowe (“not warm, chill”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hliwi, from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz (“warm, lukewarm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱlēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Old Norse hlýr (“warm, mild”), ( > Danish ly (“lukewarm”)), hlær, German lau, which are themselves akin to Old Norse hlé (“lee”), Danish læ (“shelter”). Compare lee.

adjective lewer · lewest · lue · loo · looe · lee

  1. obsolete Sunny; warm.
  2. dialectal Lukewarm, tepid.
  3. dialectal Alee: protected from the wind. Lee or Lew, Calm, under the wind. Suss.

noun lews · lue · loo · looe · lee

  1. Scotland Warmth, heat. To th' end a fruitfull lew May euerie Climate in his time renew.
  2. dialectal A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks. Lew, shelter; defence from storms or wind.

verb lews · lewing · lewed · lue · loo

  1. transitive To make warm or lukewarm.
  2. intransitive, obsolete To become warm.
  3. transitive To shelter from the wind. Lew... Those trees will lew the house when they're up-grown.

lew⁴

  • /ljuː/
  • /luː/

Sounds like lieu, Liu, lue, loo, Lou, lu (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

Uncertain, but compare Old English ġelewed (“weakness, infirmity”) and limlǣweo (“limb-weak, lame”). Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *laiwą (“damage”); compare Old Norse læ (“venom, bane”).

adjective more lew · most lew

  1. Weak.
  2. Sickly-looking, pale, wan. Mi bodi wexit lewe.

lew⁵

  • /ljuː/
  • /luː/

Sounds like lieu, Liu, lue, loo, Lou, lu (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

Variant of lo (q.v.).

interjection

  1. alternative, obsolete Alternative form of lo or look: a cry to look at something.lo or look hence bot a litill / she commys, lew, lew! / shy bryngys in her bill / som novels new; / Behald! / It is of an olif tre / A branch, thynkys me.

lew⁶

  • /ljuː/
  • /luː/

Sounds like lieu, Liu, lue, loo, Lou, lu (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

Variant of lue (q.v.).

verb lews · lewing · lewed

  1. alternative, dialectal, transitive Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.lue Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.

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