clawe

From Old English clawu, from the oblique forms of Proto-West Germanic *klawu, from Proto-Germanic *klawō. Doublet of cle.

The form clowe possibly continue Old English *clōwu or *clāwu, from Proto-West Germanic *klāwu or *klōwu, from Proto-Germanic *klēwō or *klōwō.

• claw, clauwe, clowe

• IPA^(key): /ˈklau̯(ə)/, /ˈklɔu̯(ə)/

clawe (plural clawes or clawen)

1. A claw; a horny nail on the feet of certain animals.
2. A hoof; a horny toe on the feet of equids.
3. (rare) A claw-shaped implement or point.
4. (rare, in the plural) Possession; control; clutches.

• cle

• clawen
• clawynge

• English: claw
• Middle Scots: clau, claw
  • Scots: claw

• “claue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 December 2018.

clawe

1. alternative form of clawen

clawe

1. accusative/genitive/dative singular of clawu
2. nominative/accusative plural of clawu