medwe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• medewe, medo, medou, medow, medowe, medu, medue, middow, mydow, mydwe

Etymology

From the oblique forms of Old English mǣd, mēd, from Proto-West Germanic *mādu, from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō. Doublet of mede (“meadow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːdwə/, /ˈmɛːdɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈmɛːdiu̯(ə)/, /ˈmɛd-/
• (From Anglian mēd) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːd-/, /ˈmid-/

Noun

medwe (plural medwes)

1. meadow, clearing

   Synonym: mede

Descendants

• English: meadow
• Scots: meedow
  • → Irish: míodún

References

• “mē̆dwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.