crowe
See also: Crowe
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English crāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *krāā, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ.
Alternative forms
- crawe, crow, crauw, craw
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkrɔu̯(ə)/
- (Northern ME) IPA(key): /ˈkrɑu̯(ə)/
Noun
crowe (plural crowes or crowen)
- crow (black-coloured bird in the genus Corvus)
- A metal bar or lever; a crowbar.
Descendants
- English: crow
- Northumbrian: craa
- Scots: craw
- Yola: croowe, crowe, crouw
References
- “croue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-6.
Etymology 2
From Old English crāwan.
Verb
crowe
- Alternative form of crowen
Yola
Noun
crowe
- Alternative form of croowe
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 135