seaw

Middle English

Noun

seaw

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of sew

Old English

Alternative forms

• sēa

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sauw. Cognate with Old High German sou (“juice”), Old Norse sǫggr (“moist”) (Icelandic söggur), dialectal Swedish sögg, sygg (“damp, humid”). Probably related to English sog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæ͜ɑːw/

Noun

sēaw n or m

1. juice, sap
2. moisture
3. bodily fluid

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sēaw	sēaw
accusative	sēaw	sēaw
genitive	sēawes	sēawa
dative	sēawe	sēawum

Occasionally it occurs as masculine or neuter:

Masculine

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sēaw	sēawas
accusative	sēaw	sēawas
genitive	sēawes	sēawa
dative	sēawe	sēawum

Derived terms

• ġesēaw
• liþsēaw

Descendants

• Middle English: sew, cew, cewe, seew, seue, sewe, seaw (Early Middle English)
  • English: sew (obsolete)
  • → Middle Welsh: sew
    • Welsh: sew (obsolete)