thew

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θjuː/ (General American) IPA(key): /θ(j)u/ Rhymes: -uː === Etymology 1 === From Middle English theu, thew (“way of behaving towards others, bearing, manners; habit, practice; good manners, courtesy; characteristic act; characteristic, trait; custom, tradition; established rule, ordinance; injunction; moral character; (in the plural) set of moral principles, morals; moral quality, virtue or vice; might, power, strength”) [and other forms] (often in the plural form theus, thewes), from Old English þēaw (“general practice of a community, custom, usage; mode of conduct, behaviour, manner; (in the plural) customs, virtue”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *þauw, from Proto-Germanic *þawwaz (“custom; habit”); further etymology uncertain, tentatively identified by the Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (Etymological Dictionary of Old High German) as a reflex of an s-less variant of Proto-Indo-European *(s)tāu-, *(s)te- (“to stand; to place”), from *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”). ==== Noun ==== thew (plural thews) (archaic, chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) An attractive physical attribute; also, physical, mental, or moral strength or vigour. An aspect of the body which indicates physical strength; hence, muscle and/or sinew; muscular development. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) A way of behaving; hence, a characteristic, a trait. (specifically) A good characteristic or habit; a virtue. ===== Derived terms ===== thewful (obsolete) thewless thewness thewsome thewy ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English theuen, thewe (“to instruct in morals or values; to teach, train”) [and other forms], from theu, thew (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitives of verbs). ==== Verb ==== thew (third-person singular simple present thews, present participle thewing, simple past and past participle thewed) (transitive, obsolete) To instruct (someone) in morals or values; also (more generally) to chastise or discipline (someone); to teach or train (someone). ===== Derived terms ===== thewed (adjective) thewedly (obsolete, rare) === References === === Further reading === thew (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === whet == Middle English == === Noun === thew (plural thewes) aspect, trait, thew == Tapayuna == === Etymology === From Proto-Northern Jê *tep (“fish”) < Proto-Cerrado *tep (“fish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʈʰɛp̚] === Noun === thew Form of thewe (utterance-medial variant) == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /θeːu̯/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /θɛu̯/ === Adjective === thew aspirate mutation of tew === Mutation ===