giw

See also: Giw

Middle English

Noun

giw

Alternative form of Jew

Old English

Alternative forms

ġiow, ġeow, eow

Etymology

From Latin grȳps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jiw/

Noun

ġiw m

griffin

Declension

Declension of giw (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġiw	ġiwas
accusative	ġiw	ġiwas
genitive	ġiwes	ġiwa
dative	ġiwe	ġiwum

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ġiw”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɪu̯/
Rhymes: -ɪu̯

Noun

giw

Soft mutation of ciw (“queue”).

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