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alewe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
alewe, aluwe, alwe, an; f.
The aloe, bitter spice, in the plural aloes; aloe
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  • He brohte wyrt-gemang and alewan

    tulit herbarum commixtionem et aloes,

    • Jn. Bos. 19, 39
      • .

  • Murre and alwe

    myrrh, and aloe,

    • L. M. 2, 65 ; Lchdm, ii. 296, 20
      • .

  • Alwan wid untrymnessum

    aloes for infirmities,

    • L. M. cont. 2, 64; Lchdm, ii. 174, 6
      • .

  • Gedó alwan gódne dǽl ðǽron

    put a good deal of aloes therein,

    • L. M. 12, 14; Lchdm, ii. 192, 5: 194, 25
      • .

  • Aluwan gegníd

    rub up aloes,

    • Lchdm, iii. 2, 15
      • .

  • Nim alewan [MS. alewen]

    take aloes,

    • 104, 26: 134, 9
      • .
Etymology
[
םילִהָאֲ ăhālīm, pl. m; תוֹלהָאֲ ăhāloth, pl. f. the aloe-trees, the perfumes
:
Grk. ἀλόη,ης; f. the aloe
:
Lat. alŏē, ēs; f. the aloe, a small tree in the east, which has juicy leaves, from which the bitter gum called aloes is extracted
]
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v.  aluwe alwe.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “alewe.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1476.

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