thewed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θjuːd/, /θuːd/
- Rhymes: -uːd
Etymology 1
From Middle English thewed (“well raised, well mannered, virtuous; habituated, trained”), from Old English ġeþēawod, past participle of Old English þēawian, ġeþēawian (“to make mannered, form the habits or character of a person, educate”), equivalent to thew + -ed.
Adjective
thewed
- Having thews or muscles.
- Accustomed or educated.
- a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Poems against Garnesche. Skelton Laureate Defendar ageinst Lusty Garnyshe Well Beseen Crystofer Chalangar, et cetera.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […], volume I, London: Thomas Rodd, […], published 1843, OCLC 1000393158, lines 145–147, page 130:
- The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
- The foullest sloven under heaven, / Proud, peevish, lither, and lewd, / Malapert, meddler, nothing well thewed, […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
- They bene so well thewed, and so wise
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Derived terms
- ill-thewed
- well-thewed
Etymology 2
From thew + -ed.
Verb
thewed
- simple past tense and past participle of thew
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɛu̯.ɛd/
Adjective
thewed
- Aspirate mutation of tewed.
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| tewed | dewed | nhewed | thewed |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||