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English

Verb

rewe

1. Obsolete spelling of rue

Anagrams

• Ewer, ewer, ewre, we're, weer, were, were-

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hr?ow, from Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu.

Alternative forms

• riwe, rew, rywe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riu?/
• Rhymes: -iu?

Noun

rewe (plural rewes)

2. pity, sorrow, rue

Derived terms

• reuful

Related terms

• reuþe
• rewly
• rewen

Descendants

• English: rue (archaic)
• Scots: rew, rue

References

• “reu(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.

Adjective

rewe

1. sad, sorrowful
2. merciful

References

• “reu(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.

Etymology 2

From Old English r?w, r?w; from Proto-Germanic *raiw?.

Alternative forms

• rawe, rowe, reue, raw, ryue, reawe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?u?/
• Rhymes: -?u?

Noun

rewe (plural rewes)

2. row, ordered arrangement
3. line, rule
4. group, army
5. order, sequence

Descendants

• English: row
• Scots: raw
• Yola: reoue, rooe, row

References

• “reue, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.

Etymology 3

Noun

rewe

1. Alternative form of rue

Etymology 4

Verb

rewe

1. Alternative form of rowen (“to emit light”)

Etymology 5

Verb

rewe

1. Alternative form of rewen (“to regret”)

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English brodden, from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Verb

prod (third-person singular simple present prods, present participle prodding, simple past and past participle prodded)

1. (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
2. (transitive, informal) To encourage, to prompt.
3. (transitive) To prick with a goad.

Translations

Noun

prod (plural prods)

1. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
2. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
3. A poke.

   "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.

4. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairholt to this entry?)

Derived terms

• cattle prod

Translations

Further reading

• Cattle prod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Shortened from production.

Noun

prod (countable and uncountable, plural prods)

1. (programming, slang, uncountable) Short for production (“the live environment”).

   We've hit ten million users in prod today.

2. (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.

   Check our BBS for the latest prods.

Anagrams

• dorp, drop

Old French

Noun

prod m (nominative singular proz)

1. (early Old French) Alternative form of pro