lew

Etymology 1
From corruption of, from , presumably Louis IX or Louis XI, who issued gold écus.

Noun

 * 1)  A French gold coin circulated in 15th-century Scotland.
 * 2) * 1467, Scottish Acts of James III, Vol. II, p. 88:
 * ...þe Ingliss noble, henry, ande Eduarde wt þe ross, þe franche crowne, þe salute þe lewe and þe Ridar sall haif courss in þis realme...

Etymology 2
From, , from , , from , , , from ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, ( > 🇨🇬),, 🇨🇬, which are themselves akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare.

Adjective

 * 1)  Sunny; warm.
 * 2)  Lukewarm, tepid.
 * 3)  Alee: protected from the wind.
 * 4) * 1674, J. Ray, "South & East Countrey Words" in Coll. Eng. Words, p. 70:
 * Lee or Lew, Calm, under the wind. Suss.

Usage notes
Now chiefly Southern Scottish and Northern English.

Noun



 * 1)  Warmth, heat.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1)  A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks.
 * 2) * 1825, J. Jennings, Observ. Dial. W. Eng., p. 52:
 * Lew, shelter; defence from storms or wind.
 * 1) * 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.

Verb

 * 1)  To make warm or lukewarm.
 * 2)  To become warm.
 * 3)  To shelter from the wind.
 * 4) * 1887, W. D. Parish & al., Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect:
 * Lew... Those trees will lew the house when they're up-grown.

Etymology 3
, but compare 🇨🇬 and. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic ; compare 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Weak.
 * 2) Sickly-looking, pale, wan.
 * 3) * c. 1325, "Old Age" in T. Wright & al.'s 1845 Reliquiae Antiquae, Vol. II, p. 211:
 * Mi bodi wexit lewe.

Etymology 4
Variant of (q.v.).

Interjection

 * 1)   or look: a cry to look at something.

Etymology 5
Variant of (q.v.).

Verb

 * : to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) lion

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) lion

Etymology 1
, probably via a language, from. .

Noun

 * 1) lion
 * 2)  lion

Etymology 2
, from.

Noun

 * 1) lev

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
From, cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 etc.

Noun

 * 1)  lip