ræw

Old English

Alternative forms

• rāw

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raiwu, from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ræːw/

Noun

rǣw f

1. row, line

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	rǣw	rǣwa, rǣwe
accusative	rǣwe	rǣwa, rǣwe
genitive	rǣwe	rǣwa
dative	rǣwe	rǣwum

Related terms

• riġe

Descendants

• Middle English: rewe, rawe
  • English: row, (dialectal) rey
  • Scots: raw