crowe

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old English crāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *krāā, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɔu̯(ə)/
  • (Northern ME) IPA(key): /ˈkrɑu̯(ə)/

Noun[edit]

crowe (plural crowes or crowen)

  1. crow (black-coloured bird in the genus Corvus)
  2. A metal bar or lever; a crowbar.
Descendants[edit]
  • English: crow
  • Geordie English: craw
  • Scots: craw
  • Yola: croowe, crowe, crouw
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English crāwan.

Verb[edit]

crowe

  1. Alternative form of crowen

Yola[edit]

Noun[edit]

crowe

  1. Alternative form of croowe

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 135