rawe
See also: Rawe
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hrēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.
Alternative forms
- raw, rau, rauȝ, raugh, rae, ra, rowe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rau̯/
Adjective
rawe (superlative rawest)
- raw (not subject to cooking or heating)
- raw, unprocessed, unfiltered (not subject to processing or refinement)
- (usually referring to one's skin) wounded, hurt, punctured
- (usually referring to one's bodily parts) vulnerable, visible, bare
- (figurative) young, primitive, rough, simple
- (rare) unripened, immature
Descendants
- English: raw
- Scots: raw
References
- “rau(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-07.
Noun
rawe
- A painful or difficult bodily presence.
- (rare) unprocessed fabric
- (rare) The state of being unripe or immature.
References
- “raue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-07.
Noun
rawe
- Alternative form of rewe (“row”)