lowe

== English == === Noun === lowe (plural lowes) Alternative form of low ("flame"). === Anagrams === Loew, owel, wole == Lindu == === Noun === lowe eagle == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Norse logi. ==== Alternative forms ==== lawhe, loughe, low, lowhe logh, lou, loue (Northern, North Midland) lohe (AB language); loȝhe (Ormulum) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlɔu̯(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== lowe (plural lowes) Fire, blazing; massed flames. A flame or blaze; an instance of fire. (rare) Light or an instance of it; a glimmer. ===== Related terms ===== lowen ===== Descendants ===== English: low, lowe Middle Scots: low, lowe Scots: low, lowe ===== References ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old English hlāw (also hlǣw), from Old English hlāwe, Old English hlǣwe), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw, from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-. The final vowel is generalised from Old English hlāwe, either as a dative singular or as an occasional ō-stem accusative/genitive singular (either adopting the feminine gender as expected from ō-stems or remaining masculine). ==== Alternative forms ==== lawe (Northern / North Midland); low (Late Middle English) law (Early Scots) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlɔu̯(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== lowe (plural lowes) A barrow or mound; a gently rising and rounded natural promontory. ===== Usage notes ===== Since such a sense is known in both Old English and modern English, it is likely that this term could also refer to artificial burial mounds. ===== Descendants ===== English: low; law Middle Scots: law Scots: law, la ===== References ===== “loue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “low, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. Kitson, Peter (1990), “On old English nouns of more than one gender”, in English Studies, volume 71, number 3, Taylor & Francis, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 192-193. === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== lowe alternative form of loven (“to praise”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== lowe alternative form of lowen (“to moo”) === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== lowe alternative form of lowen (“to burn”) == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English lowe, loghe, from Old Norse logi (“fire, flame, sword”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”). === Noun === lowe (plural lowes) flame Is my brain no het aneugh, but ye maun set lowe to it, and burn it? (Alexander Leighton, ‘The House in Bell's Wynd’, Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland) == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === From English run away. === Verb === lowe to flee, to run away, to escape ==== Derived terms ====