lawe

== English == === Etymology === Perhaps from law because the practice was ordained by law. Few dictionaries comment directly on the etymology of the sense, but several (which also spell the infinitive law) group it with the other verb and noun senses derived from Old English lagu (“law”). === Verb === lawe (third-person singular simple present lawes, present participle lawing, simple past and past participle lawed) (transitive) To cut off the claws and balls of (e.g. a dog's forefeet, to hinder it from hunting). For more quotations using this term, see Citations:lawe. ==== See also ==== expediate === Noun === lawe (countable and uncountable, plural lawes) Obsolete spelling of law (“system of regulations etc.”). === References === === Further reading === “lawe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === alew, e-law, wale, weal == Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *lawe (“take, lay hold of”), from Proto-Oceanic *lawe (“take hold of”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈla.we/, [ˈlɐ.ʋe] === Noun === lawe bearer === Verb === lawe (transitive) to transport, carry, take, bring lawe mai – to bring lawe aku – to take away (transitive, figurative) to undertake, to accept (stative) portable (stative) to become ==== Derived terms ==== hailawe (“barter”, verb) hoʻolawe (causative/simulative form) lalawe (“thrilled”) lawelawe (reduplicated form) === Further reading === lawe in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com. == Javanese == === Romanization === lawe alternative spelling of lawé, romanization of ꦭꦮꦺ == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English lagu, from Old Norse *lagu, an earlier form of lǫg, the plural of lag (“layer”). ==== Alternative forms ==== lage, lagh, laghe, laȝe, laȝhe, laȝwe, lau, laue, laugh, lauwe, law ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlaɣə/ (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈlau̯(ə)/ Rhymes: -au̯(ə) ==== Noun ==== lawe (plural lawes or (early or West Midland) lawen) An individual law, rule, or regulation: A snide or pithy axiom or statement of a general truth. A scientific or natural law; a statement of truth. A dispensation (one of the periods of Christian history) A group or system of laws; legislation; the law. Directives or obligations; informal or implicit rules. Morality, natural law (either instinctual or taught): A religion or its scriptures, commandments, or practices. Marriage as a regulating and obligating institution. (rare) Etiquette, decorum; societally expected behaviour. The practice of law or rules; litigation, governance, or part of it: The legal profession or those employed in it. Legality; what is legally (and often seen as morally) right. A jurisdiction; an area governed by a legal system. A legal ruling or decision; penalisation or compensation. One's behaviour, customs, or lifestyle: The usual behaviour of a group of people or things. The method or way in which something is accomplished. (rare) The state or situation one is in. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: law Scots: law Yola: laas (plural) → Middle Cornish: laha Cornish: laha, lagha ===== References ===== “laue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 February 2019. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== lawe (Cheshire, County Durham, North Riding, Early Scots, Ormulum) alternative form of lowe (“mound”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== lawe (Devon) alternative form of laughen == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === lewe (Föhr-Amrum) lewwe (Heligoland) laawe (Mooring) lewi (Sylt) lääwe (Wiedingharde) === Etymology === From Old Frisian leva, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”). === Verb === lawe (Goesharde) to live