quye

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === que, quee, quy, qwy, qwye, why === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse kvíga, from Proto-Germanic *kūīgǭ (“cow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwiː/ (from Old Norse kvíga) IPA(key): (earlier) /kwei̯/, (later) /kweː/ (from Old Norse *kviga?) === Noun === quye (plural quyes) (Northern, Lincolnshire) A heifer (young female cow). Synonym: heyfre (non-Northern) ==== Descendants ==== English: quey, why Middle Scots: quy, quey, quoy Scots: quey, quoy, quy ==== References ==== “quīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “quey, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.