vewe

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Anglo-Norman vewe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vewe (plural vewes)

  1. An inspection, checkup, or examination, especially a legally ordained one.
  2. (Late Middle English) A scheduled minor court held in a local administrative district.
  3. (rare) A view or perspective.
  4. (rare) A stare, glance or look.
  5. (rare, Late Middle English) oversight, overseeing, direction, instruction
  6. (rare, Late Middle English) One's focus; what one is concentrating on.
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Descendants

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  • English: view
  • Scots: view

References

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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vewe oblique singularf (oblique plural vewes, nominative singular vewe, nominative plural vewes)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) sight (ability to see)
  2. (Anglo-Norman) viewing; inspection

Verb

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vewe f

  1. (Anglo-Norman) feminine singular of the past participle of veoir

References

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Yola

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Proper noun

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vewe

  1. Alternative form of vew
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8:
      Hi kinket an keilt, ee vewe aam 'twode snite.
      They kicked and rolled, the few that appeared.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86