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▪ I. † mowe Obs.
Forms: 1 máᵹe, 2–3 maȝe, 3 mawe, mohe, mouie, moȝe, mowe, 4 mau, 4–5 mow.
[OE. máᵹe (also mǽᵹe):—OTeut. type *mǣgōn-; the corresponding fem. to mǽᵹ may n.2]
A female relative, kinswoman; esp. by marriage, as an aunt, niece, sister-in-law.
Beowulf 1391 Grendles maᵹan gang. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 125 Seinte marie..com to hire moȝe Seinte elizabet. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1651 He was hire mouies sune. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 6458 Suþþe he made þe oþer Þat het edward spousi þe emperours mowe. a1300Cursor M. 2807 ‘Has þou her’, þai said, ‘ani man, Sun or doghter, mik or mau’. c1440Promp. Parv. 345/2 Mow, husbondys syster, or wyfys systyr, or syster in lawe.
▪ II. mowe
obs. f. may v.1, mew n.2, move v., mow. |