vewn.

Brit.

/vjuː/, U.S.

/vju/

Forms: 1500s 1800s– vew, 1500s–1600s vewe, 1600s veiwe, 1600s vue, 1600s–1800s view.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: yew n.

Etymology: Variant of yew n., perhaps via an intermediate form in /wj-/ (with assimilation).With the phonology perhaps compare the (unrelated) Shropshire place names Weo Farm and Weo Edge (formerly also Yeo Edge , now usually View Edge ), the first element of which is pronounced

/vjuː/, and which apparently reflects a compound of Old English weg way n.¹ and hōh hoe n.¹

English regional (north midlands and northern).

More fully vew tree: a yew tree. Also: the wood of the yew.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > yew trees > [noun]

yeweOE

yew treea1398

tax1541

vew1570

shin wood1778

ground-hemlock1807

taxad1846

Pacific yew1903

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > yew as timber tree

yeweOE

yew treea1398

elk1541

tax1541

vew1570

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. H.ii/2 A vew tree, taxus i haec.

1593 in J. Eastwood Hist. Parish Ecclesfield (1862) 219 To Thomas Jepson for leadinge of earthe to y^e benche about the vewe tree &c. ij^s iiij^d.

a1600 (c1515) Flodden Field (Harl. 367) l. 319 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 265 A Scottishe mynstrell..broughte a bowe of vewe to drawe.

1622 Inventory in Notes & Queries (1852) July 10/1 Item foure Spanishe veiwe bowes w^th a quiver and arrowes at xl^s.

1674 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1883) III. 213 4 view trees set about my house Sept. 1. 1674.

1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 215 Here are several Acres of young Pines, Cypresses, Vues, &c.

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Suppl. View-tree, yew-tree.

1826 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire (ed. 2) 87 Vew, or View..a yew-tree.

1884 Notes & Queries 9 234/1 Yew Trees called View Trees.

1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms 79 Vew or View,..the yew tree.

1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 24 Yew... Local names..Palm-tree, Kent; Vew, Ches, Derb, Lancs, Yks.

1998 Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. The fact that the tree itself bears only five common names..‘vew’ in Cheshire across to Yorks and yew to the madding crowd.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	vew
释义	vewn. Brit. /vjuː/, U.S. /vju/ Forms: 1500s 1800s– vew, 1500s–1600s vewe, 1600s veiwe, 1600s vue, 1600s–1800s view. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: yew n. Etymology: Variant of yew n., perhaps via an intermediate form in /wj-/ (with assimilation).With the phonology perhaps compare the (unrelated) Shropshire place names Weo Farm and Weo Edge (formerly also Yeo Edge , now usually View Edge ), the first element of which is pronounced /vjuː/, and which apparently reflects a compound of Old English weg way n.¹ and hōh hoe n.¹ English regional (north midlands and northern). More fully vew tree: a yew tree. Also: the wood of the yew. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > yew trees > [noun] yeweOE yew treea1398 tax1541 vew1570 shin wood1778 ground-hemlock1807 taxad1846 Pacific yew1903 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > yew as timber tree yeweOE yew treea1398 elk1541 tax1541 vew1570 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. H.ii/2 A vew tree, taxus i haec. 1593 in J. Eastwood Hist. Parish Ecclesfield (1862) 219 To Thomas Jepson for leadinge of earthe to y^e benche about the vewe tree &c. ij^s iiij^d. a1600 (c1515) Flodden Field (Harl. 367) l. 319 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 265 A Scottishe mynstrell..broughte a bowe of vewe to drawe. 1622 Inventory in Notes & Queries (1852) July 10/1 Item foure Spanishe veiwe bowes w^th a quiver and arrowes at xl^s. 1674 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1883) III. 213 4 view trees set about my house Sept. 1. 1674. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 215 Here are several Acres of young Pines, Cypresses, Vues, &c. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Suppl. View-tree, yew-tree. 1826 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire (ed. 2) 87 Vew, or View..a yew-tree. 1884 Notes & Queries 9 234/1 Yew Trees called View Trees. 1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms 79 Vew or View,..the yew tree. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 24 Yew... Local names..Palm-tree, Kent; Vew, Ches, Derb, Lancs, Yks. 1998 Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. The fact that the tree itself bears only five common names..‘vew’ in Cheshire across to Yorks and yew to the madding crowd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1570
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