crowe

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Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

crowe (plural crowes or crowen)

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

Etymology 2

From Old English crāwan.

Verb

crowe

  1. Alternative form of crowen

Yola

Noun

crowe

  1. Alternative form of croowe

References

  • 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