sowere

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sauer, sawer, soowere, sower

Etymology

From Old English sāwere; equivalent to sowen (“to sow”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔu̯ɛːr(ə)/, /ˈsɔu̯ːr(ə)/, /ˈsɔu̯ər(ə)/

Noun

sowere (plural soweres)

1. One who sows or spreads seed.
2. (figurative) One who engenders or disseminates.

Descendants

• English: sower
• Yola: zoweare, sowere

References

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

Yola

Noun

sowere

1. Alternative form of zoweare
   • 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 130, line 7:

     Mee gude sowere,

     My good sower,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130