pilwe

Middle English

Alternative forms

pilue, pilew, pelew, pilow, pylwe, pylow, pule, pyle, pile, pelewe, pilewe, pelowe, pilowe

Etymology

From Old English pyle, pylu, pylwe, from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī, from Latin pulvīnus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpilwə/, /ˈpilɔu̯/, /ˈpiliu̯/, /ˈpɛl-/

Noun

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

*pilwebere
- English: pillowber
  - → Irish: piliúr, peiliúr
- Scots: pillaebeir

Descendants

English: pillow
- → Maori: pera
Scots: pillae

References

“pilwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-09-14.

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