Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
waw . - Obsolete forms of woo, wooer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To woo.
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Examples
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For those of us who are not all that deeply into teen-language, "wowe" in Norwegian means to play World of Warcraft.
Archive 2005-04-01 Torill 2005
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For those of us who are not all that deeply into teen-language, "wowe" in Norwegian means to play World of Warcraft.
You must not wow Torill 2005
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Apart from alternative warning poems ("Du skal ikkje wowe bort sumarnotta, ho er for ljos til det" as my favourite (original text here)) offered from all members of the family, I immediately had to buy the game!
Archive 2005-04-01 Torill 2005
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I have to admit, in our household the constant repetitions of "du må ikkje wowe" had the wrong effect.
Archive 2005-04-01 Torill 2005
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Apart from alternative warning poems ("Du skal ikkje wowe bort sumarnotta, ho er for ljos til det" as my favourite (original text here)) offered from all members of the family, I immediately had to buy the game!
You must not wow Torill 2005
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I have to admit, in our household the constant repetitions of "du må ikkje wowe" had the wrong effect.
You must not wow Torill 2005
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Ac þi lif al þu last in wowe. weylawey deþ þe schal a {} dun þrowe. þer þu wenest heyust to steo.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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_ Ech þe understandeð þ̵ holi husel {180} unwurðliche he understant hi {m} seluen eche pine. ⁊ endelese wowe.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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+ No but that ye wowe hir to haue hir to your wife,
Ralph Roister Doister Nicholas Udall 1530
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Does anyone know how to exchange coupons if I change my mind? cheeriokid: Did you forget to use the discount code? wowe said: Here is a tip.
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