sowere
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English sāwere; equivalent to sowen (“to sow”) + -er.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sowere (plural soweres)
- One who sows or spreads seed.
- (figurative) One who engenders or disseminates.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “souē̆r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Yola[edit]
Noun[edit]
sowere
- Alternative form of zoweare
- 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 130, line 7:
- Mee gude sowere,
- My good sower,
References[edit]
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130