eowu – Old English noun declension

Noun: eowu
Gender: f

Nominative

Singular	eowu
Plural	eowa

Genitive

Singular	eowe
Plural	eowena

Dative

Singular	eowe
Plural	eowenum

Accusative

Singular	eowe
Plural	eowa

Sample Sentences

Þā eowe man āsyndrede fram heora lambrum, and hīe belifon æt þām tūne, þǣr hīe ġemolcena wurdon. (The ewes were separated from their lambs, and they remained at the farm, where they were milked.)

Nouns inflected like eowu

eowu,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz.
2. * Germanic cognates: Old Frisian ei, Old Saxon ewwi, Old High German ouwi (German Aue), Old Norse ær, Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌸𐌹 (awēþi, “flock of sheep”).
3. * Indo-European cognates: Luwian 𒄩𒀀𒌑𒄿𒅖 (/⁠ḫāwīs⁠/), Latin ovis, Ancient Greek ὄϊς (óïs), Old Church Slavonic овьца (ovĭca) (Russian овца́ (ovcá)), Old Irish ói, Lithuanian avi̇̀s, Tocharian B awi. See: German Nouns 'Aue', Old Norse Nouns 'ær', Gothic Nouns '𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌸𐌹', Latin Nouns 'ovis', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ὄϊς'.

Verbs referencing "eowu"

English Nouns ewe, Middle English Nouns ewe, Ancient Greek Nouns οἶς, English Nouns yowe.