alew
English
Etymology
Imitative. Compare halloo.
Noun
alew (plural alews)
- (obsolete, rare) A cry of despair.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.6:
- Yet did she not lament with loude alew, / As women wont, but with deepe sighes and singults few.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.6:
Anagrams
- e-law, lawe, wale, weal
Gothic
Romanization
alew
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅