oevé
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See also: Oëve
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From oef (“egg”) or ueve (“roe”) + -é.
Adjective
[edit]oevé m (oblique and nominative feminine singular oevee)
- swollen, fat
- a. 1231, Le Reclus de Molliens [pseud. Barthélemy, Abbé de Saint‐Fuscien], Li romans de Carité, verse CXVII, lines 1–3:
- Eveskes, ki mitre presis, / Tu moustres ke mout apresis / Et bien ies ovés [vv.ll. ouue, oues, oeuez] de crasse ueve.
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Declension
[edit]Declension of oevé