voe

• vae, vo

Shetland and Orkney dialect, from Norn, from Old Norse vágr (“inlet, bay”). Cognate with Swedish and Norwegian våg, and Faroese vágur. Doublet of way.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /voʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

voe (plural voes)

1. (British) A narrow sea inlet, particularly in the Shetland Islands, similar to a fjord.
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 268:

     On a fine summer's evening, an inhabitant of Unst happened to be walking along the sandy margin of a voe.

• OEV

• IPA^(key): [ˈvoɛ]

voe

1. (informal) alternative form of woe (ellipsis of ty vole)

voe

1. inflection of voar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

voe

1. inflection of voar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative