fewe

English

Adjective

fewe

1. Archaic spelling of few.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• feu, feue, feuȝe, few
• fæu, fæwe, feaue, feawe (Early Middle English)
• vewe (Southern, Southwest Midland); feawe, veawe (Kent)
• ffewe (Late Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English fēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz.

The predominant forms with a final vowel reflect generalisation of Old English inflected forms such as fēawe, fēawa or fēawan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛu̯(ə)/
• Rhymes: -ɛu(ə)

Determiner

fewe (comparative fewere, superlative fewest)

1. (when accompanying plural nouns) few, little, not many
2. (when accompanying collective nouns) small, little

Descendants

• English: few
• Scots: feu, fyow
• Yola: vew, vewe

References

• “feue, indef. pron.(pl.).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 April 2018.

Pronoun

fewe

1. A few, a small quantity.

Descendants

• English: few
• Scots: feu, fyow

References

• “feue, indef. pron.(pl.).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 April 2018.