widwe

• widewe, wideu, widowe, widou, widoue, wido, widoi, widuwe, widu, widue, wedewe, wedwe, wedeu, wedowe, weddowe, wedou, weddou, wedue, wodewe, vidowe, wedo, wudewe, wudewa, vidue

From Old English widuwe, from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

widwe

1. widow

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

• Used of men and women. The term widwer (also widewer, wydewer, modern widower) appeared in the 14th century for men who had lost their wives.

• English: widow
• Scots: weedae, wedow, widdow

• “widwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 August 2019.