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Yowe vs Yote - What's the difference?

yowe | yote |

As a noun yowe

is (archaic|dialect|uk|scotland) a ewe; a female sheep.

As a pronoun yowe

is (archaic).

As a verb yote is

to pour water on; pour in.

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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    yote

    English

    Verb

  • To pour water on; pour in.
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) To steep.
    • My fowls, which well enough / I, as before, found feeding at their trough / Their yoted wheat. — Chapman.