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yowe | sowe |

As a noun yowe

is a ewe; a female sheep.

As a pronoun yowe

is obsolete form of lang=en.

As a verb sowe is

obsolete spelling of lang=en.

yowe

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland) A ewe; a female sheep.
  • * 1902 , James Thomson, Recollections of a Speyside parish
    • The ram was marked wi' keel at the reet o' the tail an' the yowes upon their hips.

    Etymology 2

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (archaic)
  • * 1440', Letter, '''1841 , Joseph Stevenson (editor), ''The Correspondence, Inventories, Account Rolls, and Law Proceedings of the Priory of Coldingham , page 116,
    • Wirshipfull sir, I commend me to yowe'; thankyng '''yowe''' of all tendirnesse and labour of lang time shewid to my brether and our cell of Coldyngham, prayand ' yowe of yowr goode continuance.
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    sowe

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1560, author=Peter Whitehorne, title=Machiavelli, Volume I, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It hath been sometyme of greate importaunce, whilest the faighte continueth, to sowe voices, whiche doe pronounce the capitaine of thenemies to be dedde, or to have overcome on the other side of the armie: the whiche many times to them that have used it, hath given the victorie. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1589, author=George Puttenham, title=The Arte of English Poesie, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The daughter of debate, that eke discord doth sowe Shal reap no gaine where formor rule hath taught stil peace to growe. }}

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