rowen

See also: Rowen

English

Alternative forms

roughings
rowet, rowett
rowings

Etymology

Compare rough.

Noun

rowen (plural rowens)

A second crop of hay; aftermath.
A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle.
- Mortimer
  Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens till snow comes.

Translations

Italian: guaime m

Anagrams

owner, rewon, worne

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English rōwan, from Proto-Germanic *rōaną.

Alternative forms

rowe, rouwen, rowyn, reowen

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔu̯ən/

Verb

rowen

To row; paddle (use oars to power a seaborne vehicle)
To move by rowing or paddling (to move by using oars to power a seaborne vehicle)
To move in the water; to paddle or splash.
To go, travel, journey or voyage

Conjugation

Conjugation of rowen

present	singular	plural
1st person	rowe	rowen
2nd person	rowest	rowen
3rd person	roweþ, roweth	rowen
subjunctive	rowe	rowen
participle	present	past
	rowende, rowinge	*(y)rowen, (y)rowed
simple past	singular	plural
1st person	rewe, rowed	*rewen, roweden
2nd person	rewe, rowed, *rowdest	*rewen, roweden
3rd person	rewe, rowed	*rewen, roweden
subjunctive	rewe, rowede	*rewen, roweden
imperative	singular	plural
	rowe	roweþ, roweth

Descendants

English: row
Scots: row

References

“rouen (v.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-8.

Etymology 2

From rewe (“row”) +‎ -en.

Alternative forms

rowe, rewen, rewe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔu̯ən/, /ˈrɛu̯ən/

Verb

rowen

To shine; to emit light.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rowen (weak)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	rowen
1st person singular	rowe	rowede
2nd person singular	rowest	rowedest
3rd person singular	roweth, roweþ	rowede
plural	rowen	roweden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	rowe	rowede
plural	rowen	roweden
imperative	present
singular	rowe
plural	roweth, roweþ
participle	present	past
participle	rowende, rowinge	rowed, yrowed

References

“reuen (v.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-8.

Etymology 3

From Old English hrēowan.

Verb

rowen

Alternative form of rewen (“to regret”)

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