lewed

lewed

1. simple past tense and past participle of lew

• læwede, leawede, læuued, læwedd, læwæde, leawde (Early ME)
• lewd, leud, leued, lewde, leude, lewede, lewide, lewyd, lewid, lewide, lowed

From Old English lǣwede.

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːwɛdə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛu̯(i)d(ə)/

lewed (comparative lewder, superlative lewedeste)

1. Unschooled, not learned or educated; lacking in knowledge.
2. Simple-minded, dumb, or unintelligent; lacking in brainpower.
3. Unmannered, rude, or disrespectful.
4. Low-quality; crude, feeble; of meagre workmanship.
5. Lowborn or lowly; not of noble lineage.
6. Ordinary, unsophisticated or simple; typifying one of non-noble lineage.
7. Unrelated to the church; non-priestly; lay.
8. (Late ME) Lewd, immoral, sinful, or malicious.

• lewedly
• lewed man
• lewednesse
• lewidhed

• English: lewd

• “leued (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-30.

lewed

1. An ignorant or simple-minded individual.
2. Someone who is not involved in a clerical position.

• “leued (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-30.