fewe

== English == === Adjective === fewe Archaic spelling of few. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === feu, feue, feuȝe, few fæu, fæwe, feaue, feawe (Early Middle English) vewe (Southern, Southwest Midland); feawe, veawe (Kent) ffewe (Late Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English fēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz. The predominant forms with a final vowel reflect generalisation of Old English inflected forms such as fēawe, fēawa or fēawan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɛu̯(ə)/ Rhymes: -ɛu(ə) === Determiner === fewe (comparative fewere, superlative fewest) (when accompanying plural nouns) few, little, not many (when accompanying collective nouns) small, little ==== Descendants ==== English: few Scots: feu, fyow Yola: vew, vewe ==== References ==== “feue, indef. pron.(pl.).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 April 2018. === Pronoun === fewe A few, a small quantity. ==== Descendants ==== English: few Scots: feu, fyow ==== References ==== “feue, indef. pron.(pl.).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 April 2018.