vewe

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vewe.

Alternative forms

• vew, view, viw, vue, vywe, wiwe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviu̯(ə)/
• Rhymes: -iu̯(ə)

Noun

vewe (plural vewes)

1. An inspection, checkup, or examination, especially a legally ordained one.
2. (Late Middle English) A scheduled minor court held in a local administrative district.
3. (rare) A view or perspective.
4. (rare) A stare, glance or look.
5. (rare, Late Middle English) oversight, overseeing, direction, instruction
6. (rare, Late Middle English) One's focus; what one is concentrating on.

Related terms

• revewe
• survewe
• vewer

Descendants

• English: view
• Scots: view

References

• “veu(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Determiner

vewe

1. (Southern) alternative form of fewe

Old French

Alternative forms

• veue (all meanings)

Noun

vewe oblique singular, f (oblique plural vewes, nominative singular vewe, nominative plural vewes)

1. (Anglo-Norman) sight (ability to see)
2. (Anglo-Norman) viewing; inspection

Verb

vewe f

1. (Anglo-Norman) feminine singular of the past participle of veoir

References

• vewe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Yola

Proper noun

vewe

1. alternative form of vew
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8:

     Hi kinket an keilt, ee vewe aam 'twode snite.

     They kicked and rolled, the few that appeared.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86