pilwe
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Middle English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Old English pyle, pylu, pylwe, from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī, from Latin pulvīnus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pilwe (plural pilwes)
- A soft stuffed bag; a cushion or pillow.
- 1395, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales:
- To visite this Damyan goth May
And subtilly this lettre doun she threste
Vnder his pilwe.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare) A pad; a piece of cushioning.
- (rare) A supporting piece of metal.
Derived terms[edit]
- *pilwebere
- English: pillowber
- Scots: pillaebeir
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “pilwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-09-14.
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