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ÍW

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ÍW, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§360; §460; §462;
Yew
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  • Íw

    taxus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 46
    • ;
    • Som. 64, 13
    • 1;
    • Wrt. Voc. 32, 65
    • :
    • Wrt. Voc. 79. 74
    • :
    • 285, 49
    • .
  • Se hearda íw,

    • Exon. 114 a
    • ;
    • Th. 437, 18
    • ;
    • Rä. 56, 9.
  • On ðone ealde íw ðonan of ðon íwe

    to the old yew; thence from the yew,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 218, 35
    • .
  • In proper names,
    • vi. 306, col. 2
    • ;
    • 307, col. 1
    • .
Etymology
[
Chauc. ew
:
Icel. ýr a yew, a bow
:
O. H. Ger. íwa taxus
:
Ger. eibe.
]
Similar entries
v. eow.
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v.  eóh.
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  • ÍW, n.