bowe
English
Noun
bowe (plural bowes)
- Obsolete spelling of bow
Verb
bowe (third-person singular simple present bowes, present participle bowing, simple past and past participle bowed)
- Obsolete spelling of bow
- c. 1691, John Aubrey, Naturall Historie of Wiltshire
- We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.
- c. 1691, John Aubrey, Naturall Historie of Wiltshire
Middle English
Alternative forms
- boue, boghe, boȝe
Etymology
From Old English boga, from Proto-West Germanic *bogō, in turn from Proto-Germanic *bugô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔu̯(ə)/
Noun
bowe (plural bowes or bowen)
- bow
- bowman
Derived terms
- elbowe
- reinbowe
- sadel-bowe
Descendants
- English: bow
- Scots: bow
References
- “boue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.