oe en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /əʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /oʊ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey.
Meanings
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(literary, poetic, rare) A small island.
I love my father's northern land, / Where the dark pine-trees grow, / And the bold Baltic's echoing strand / Looks o'er each grassy oe.
1817, [Walter Scott], “Canto Third”, in Harold the Dauntless; […], Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC, stanza X.2, page 97:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| oes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |