pawe – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of pawe

Noun: pawe
Sg.pawe
Pl.pawes

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like pawe

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman poe, poue. First attested in c. 1330. Last attested in the form powe in the early 15th century. The form pawe was perhaps favoured by analogy with clawe; cf. sense 2 below. Compare jowe.

Verbs referencing "pawe"

English Nouns paw.

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