rew
See also: Rew and rew-
English
Noun
rew (plural rews)
- Obsolete or dialectal form of row
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- Chapman
- a rew of sundry coloured stones
Verb
rew
- (obsolete or dialectal) simple past tense of row
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rew in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- WER, erw, wer
Mapudungun
Noun
rew (using Raguileo Alphabet)
- wave
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hrēow.
Noun
rew
- Alternative form of rewe (“rue”)
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman ruwe.
Noun
rew
- Alternative form of rue
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /reːu̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /rɛu̯/
Noun
rew m
- Soft mutation of rhew (“frost, ice”).
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| rhew | rew | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Zazaki
Adverb
rew
- early (at a time before expected)