thewed

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θjuːd/, /θuːd/
  • Rhymes: -uːd

Etymology 1

From Middle English thewed (“well raised, well mannered, virtuous; habituated, trained”), from Old English ġeþēawod, past participle of Old English þēawian, ġeþēawian (“to make mannered, form the habits or character of a person, educate”), equivalent to thew +‎ -ed.

Adjective

thewed

  1. Having thews or muscles.
  2. Accustomed or educated.
    • a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Poems against Garnesche. Skelton Laureate Defendar ageinst Lusty Garnyshe Well Beseen Crystofer Chalangar, et cetera.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […], volume I, London: Thomas Rodd, […], published 1843, →OCLC, page 130, lines 145–147:
      The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
      The foullest sloven under heaven, / Proud, peevish, lither, and lewd, / Malapert, meddler, nothing well thewed, […]
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      They bene so well thewed, and so wise
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From thew +‎ -ed.

Verb

thewed

  1. simple past and past participle of thew

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɛu̯.ɛd/

Adjective

thewed

  1. aspirate mutation of tewed

Mutation

Mutated forms of tewed
radical soft nasal aspirate
tewed dewed nhewed thewed

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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