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Definitions and meaning of lew

lew

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luː/
• (dated) IPA^(key): /ljuː/

Etymology 1

From corruption of French louis, from Louis, presumably Louis IX or Louis XI, who issued gold écus.

Noun

lew (plural lews or lewis or leois)

1. (Scotland, obsolete) A French gold coin circulated in 15th-century Scotland.
   • 1467, Scottish Acts of James III, Vol. II, p. 88:

     ...þe Ingliss noble, henry, ande Eduarde w^t þe ross, þe franche crowne, þe salute þe lewe and þe Ridar sall haif courss in þis realme...

Alternative forms

• lewe

Etymology 2

From Middle English lew, lewe, from Old English hlēow, hlēowe (“warm, sunny, sheltered”), from Proto-Germanic *hlewaz, *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz (“warm, lukewarm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱlēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Old Norse hlýr (“warm, mild”), ( > Danish ly (“lukewarm”)), hlær, German lau, which are themselves akin to Old Norse hlé (“lee”), Danish læ (“shelter”). Compare lee.

Alternative forms

• lue, loo, looe, lee

Adjective

lew (comparative lewer, superlative lewest)

1. (obsolete) Sunny; warm.
2. (dialect) Lukewarm, tepid.
3. (dialect) Alee: protected from the wind.
   • 1674, J. Ray, "South & East Countrey Words" in Coll. Eng. Words, p. 70:

     Lee or Lew, Calm, under the wind. Suss.

Usage notes

Now chiefly Southern Scottish and Northern English.

Noun

lew (plural lews)

1. (now Scotland) Warmth, heat.
   • 1605, J. Sylvester translating G. de S. Du Bartas as Deuine Weekes & Wks, Book i, Ch. iv, p. 136:

     To th' end a fruitfull lew
     May euerie Climate in his time renew.

2. (dialect) A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks.
   • 1825, J. Jennings, Observ. Dial. W. Eng., p. 52:

     Lew, shelter; defence from storms or wind.

   • 1887, W. D. Parish & al., Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect:

     Lew, a thatched hurdle, supported by sticks, and set up in a field to screen lambs, etc. from the wind.

Derived terms

Verb

lew (third-person singular simple present lews, present participle lewing, simple past and past participle lewed)

1. (transitive) To make warm or lukewarm.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become warm.
3. (transitive) To shelter from the wind.
   • 1887, W. D. Parish & al., Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect:

     Lew... Those trees will lew the house when they're up-grown.

Etymology 3

Uncertain, but compare Old English ġelewed (“weakness, infirmity”) and limlǣweo (“limb-weak, lame”). Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *laiwą (“damage”); compare Old Norse læ (“venom, bane”).

Adjective

lew (comparative more lew, superlative most lew)

1. Weak.
2. Sickly-looking, pale, wan.
   • c. 1325, "Old Age" in T. Wright & al.'s 1845 Reliquiae Antiquae, Vol. II, p. 211:

     Mi bodi wexit lewe.

Etymology 4

Variant of lo (q.v.).

Interjection

lew

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lo or look: a cry to look at something.

Derived terms

• looky-loo

Etymology 5

Variant of lue (q.v.).

Verb

lew (third-person singular simple present lews, present participle lewing, simple past and past participle lewed)

1. (mining, dialect, transitive) Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.

References

• Noah Webster (1828) “lew”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
• “lew”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• we'l

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [lɛˑʊ]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [leˑʊ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *llew, from Latin leō. Cognate with Welsh llew.

Noun

lew m (plural lewyon)

1. lion

   Synonym: lion

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *llüw, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlowī (“rudder”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“flow”). Cognate with Old Irish luí and Welsh llyw.

Noun

lew m (plural lewyon)

1. rudder

Etymology 3

Probably from Etymology 2.

Adverb

lew

1. starboard

Gothic

Romanization

lēw

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐍅

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛf/
• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Syllabification: lew

Noun

lew m animal (female equivalent lwica or lewka or lewina, diminutive lewk)

1. lion (Panthera leo)

References

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “lew”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “lew”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛf/
• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Syllabification: lew
• Homophone: Lew

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, probably via a Germanic language, from Latin leō. Doublet of Leon.

Noun

lew m animal (female equivalent lwica, diminutive lewek, augmentative lwisko)

1. lion
2. (heraldry) lion

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Bulgarian лев (lev), from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ.

Noun

lew m animal

1. lev (currency of Bulgaria)

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lew f

1. genitive plural of lewa

Further reading

• lew in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lew in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch leeuw.

Noun

lew

1. lion

Welsh

Noun

lew

1. Soft mutation of llew.

Mutation

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leb-, cognate with Persian لب (lab), English lip etc.

Noun

lew

1. (anatomy) lip

Source: wiktionary.org