pilwe
Middle English
Alternative forms
- pilue, pilew, pelew, pilow, pylwe, pylow, pule, pyle, pile, pelewe, pilewe, pelowe, pilowe
Etymology
From Old English pyle, pylu, pylwe, from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī, from Latin pulvīnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpilwə/, /ˈpilɔu̯/, /ˈpiliu̯/, /ˈpɛl-/
Noun
pilwe (plural pilwes)
- A soft stuffed bag; a cushion or pillow.
- 1395, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales:
- To visite this Damyan goth May
And subtilly this lettre doun she threste
Vnder his pilwe.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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- (rare) A pad; a piece of cushioning.
- (rare) A supporting piece of metal.
Derived terms
- *pilwebere
- English: pillowber
- → Irish: piliúr, peiliúr
- Scots: pillaebeir
- English: pillowber
Descendants
- English: pillow
- → Maori: pera
- Scots: pillae
References
- “pilwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-09-14.