vew

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English

Noun

vew (plural vews)

  1. Obsolete form of view.

Middle English

Noun

vew

  1. Alternative form of vewe

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English vewe, from Old English fēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *fau.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

vew

  1. few
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:
      Hi kinket an keilt, ee vewe aam 'twode snite.
      They kicked and rolled, the few that appeared.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 75
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