rawe

Middle English

/rau̯/

adj
Definitions
  • raw not subject to cooking or heating
  • raw, unprocessed, unfiltered not subject to processing or refinement
  • (usually referring to one's skin) wounded, hurt, punctured
  • (usually referring to one's bodily parts) vulnerable, visible, bare
  • (figurative) young, primitive, rough, simple
  • (rare) unripened, immature

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hrēaw (uncooked, raw) inherited from *hrau inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz (uncooked, raw) derived from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (blood of a wound, fresh blood, raw meat, blood outside the body).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krewh₂-

Gloss

blood of a wound, fresh blood, raw meat, blood outside the body

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