different between lew vs lieu

English

Etymology 1

From corruption of French louis, from Louis, presumably Louis IX or Louis XI, who issued gold écus.

Noun

lew (plural lews or lewis or leois)

1. (Scotland, obsolete) A French gold coin circulated in 15th-century Scotland.
   • 1467, Scottish Acts of James III, Vol. II, p. 88:

     ...þe Ingliss noble, henry, ande Eduarde w^t þe ross, þe franche crowne, þe salute þe lewe and þe Ridar sall haif courss in þis realme...

Alternative forms

• lewe

Etymology 2

From Middle English lew, lewe, from Old English hl?ow, hl?owe (“warm, sunny, sheltered”), from Proto-Germanic *hlewaz, *hliwjaz, *hl?waz (“warm, lukewarm”), from Proto-Indo-European *?al(w)e-, *?l?w- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Old Norse hlýr (“warm, mild”), ( > Danish ly (“lukewarm”)), hlær, German lau, which are themselves akin to Old Norse hlé (“lee”), Danish læ (“shelter”). Compare lee.

Alternative forms

• lue, loo, looe, lee, loo

Adjective

lew (comparative lewer, superlative lewest)

1. (obsolete) Sunny; warm.
2. (dialect) Lukewarm, tepid.
3. (dialect) Alee: protected from the wind.
   • 1674, J. Ray, "South & East Countrey Words" in Coll. Eng. Words, p. 70:

     Lee or Lew, Calm, under the wind. Suss.

   • 1892, H. C. O'Neill, Devonshire Idyls, p. 7:

     His house... was ‘loo’ from the cold north winds.

Usage notes

Now chiefly Southern Scottish and Northern English.

Noun

lew (plural lews)

1. (now Scotland) Warmth, heat.
   • 1605, J. Sylvester translating G. de S. Du Bartas as Deuine Weekes & Wks, Book i, Ch. iv, p. 136:

     To th' end a fruitfull lew
     May euerie Climate in his time renew.

2. (dialect) A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks.
   • 1825, J. Jennings, Observ. Dial. W. Eng., p. 52:

     Lew, shelter; defence from storms or wind.

   • 1887, W. D. Parish & al., Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect:

     Lew, a thatched hurdle, supported by sticks, and set up in a field to screen lambs, etc. from the wind.

Derived terms

• house-lew

Verb

lew (third-person singular simple present lews, present participle lewing, simple past and past participle lewed)

1. (transitive) To make warm or lukewarm.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become warm.
3. (transitive) To shelter from the wind.
   • 1887, W. D. Parish & al., Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect:

     Lew... Those trees will lew the house when they're up-grown.

Etymology 3

Of uncertain etymology, but compare Old English ?elewed (“weakness, infirmity”) and liml?weo (“limb-weak, lame”). Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *laiw? (“damage”); compare Old Norse læ (“venom, bane”).

Adjective

lew (comparative more lew, superlative most lew)

1. Weak.
2. Sickly-looking, pale, wan.
   • c. 1325,, "Old Age" in T. Wright & al.'s 1845 Reliquiae Antiquae, Vol. II, p. 211:

     Mi bodi wexit lewe.

Etymology 4

Variant of lo (q.v.).

Interjection

lew

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lo or look: a cry to look at something.
   • a. 1500, Towneley Plays, Book I, Scene iii, l. 46:

     Hence bot a litill She commys, lew, lew!

Derived terms

• looky-loo

Etymology 5

Variant of lue (q.v.).

Verb

lew (third-person singular simple present lews, present participle lewing, simple past and past participle lewed)

1. (mining, dialect, transitive) Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.
   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, p. 122:

     Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “lew”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• lew in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• we'l

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llew, from Latin le?.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [l???]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [le??]

Noun

lew m (plural lewyon)

1. lion

Gothic

Romanization

l?w

1. Romanization of ????????????

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?f/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *l?v?. Probably via a Germanic language, from Latin le?.

Noun

lew m anim (diminutive lewek, augmentative lwisko, feminine lwica)

1. lion
2. (heraldry) lion

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Bulgarian ??? (lev).

Noun

lew m inan

1. lev

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

lew f

1. genitive plural of lewa

Further reading

• lew in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• lew in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch leeuw.

Noun

lew

1. lion

Welsh

Noun

lew

1. Soft mutation of llew.

Mutation

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leb-, cognate with Persian ??? (lab), English lip etc.

Noun

lew ?

1. (anatomy) lip

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lieu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l(j)u?/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophone: loo (in some accents)

Noun

lieu (uncountable)

1. place, stead; See in lieu or in lieu of

Translations

Anagrams

• euil, liue

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljø/
• Homophones: lieue, lieus, lieux, lieues

Etymology 1

From Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

Noun

lieu m (plural lieux)

1. place

Synonyms

• endroit
• place

Derived terms

Related terms

• louer
• loyer
• location

Etymology 2

From Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr.

Noun

lieu m (plural lieus)

1. any of several fish from the Pollachius family.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lieu” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French leu.

Noun

lieu m (plural lieux or lieus)

1. place

Descendants

• French: lieu

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse lýðrr.

Noun

lieu m (plural lieus)

1. (Jersey) whiting (fish)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) liug
• (Sutsilvan) liac
• (Surmiran) li
• (Puter, Vallader) lö

Etymology

From Latin locus.

Noun

lieu m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) place