- Falwe
- Falwe \Fal"we\, a. & n. Fallow. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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Falwe
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fallow — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English falow, from Old English fealu; akin to Old High German falo pale, fallow, Latin pallēre to be pale, Greek polios gray Date: before 12th century of a light yellowish brown color II. noun Etymology: Middle… … New Collegiate Dictionary
fallowdeer — fallow deer n. A small Eurasian deer (Dama dama) having a yellowish red coat spotted with white in summer and broad, flattened antlers in the male. [Obsolete fallow, reddish yellow, from Middle English falow, falwe, from Old English fealu. See… … Universalium
fallow — fallow1 fallowness, n. /fal oh/, adj. 1. (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated. 2. not in use; inactive: My creative energies have lain fallow this year. n. 3. land that has undergone plowing and harrowing and has… … Universalium
Falla — This name, with variant spelling Fala, is of Scottish territorial origin from the lands of Fala in Midlothian. The name is believed to derive from the Medieval English Falwe , (ultimately from the Olde English pre 7th Century Falh ), meaning… … Surnames reference
Fallawe — This name, with variant spelling Fala, is of Scottish territorial origin from the lands of Fala in Midlothian. The name is believed to derive from the Medieval English falwe , (ultimately from the Olde English pre 7th century falh ), meaning… … Surnames reference
Faulo — This name, with variant spelling Fala, is of Scottish territorial origin from the lands of Fala in Midlothian. The name is believed to derive from the Medieval English falwe , (ultimately from the Olde English pre 7th century falh ), meaning… … Surnames reference
Fawlo — This name, with variant spelling Fala, is of Scottish territorial origin from the lands of Fala in Midlothian. The name is believed to derive from the Medieval English falwe , (ultimately from the Olde English pre 7th century falh ), meaning… … Surnames reference
Fawloe — This name, with variant spelling Fala, is of Scottish territorial origin from the lands of Fala in Midlothian. The name is believed to derive from the Medieval English falwe , (ultimately from the Olde English pre 7th century falh ), meaning… … Surnames reference
Fallow — This most interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for a dweller by the newly cultivated land or fallow land, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word fealh , Middle English falwe , fallow. This word was used… … Surnames reference
Fallowes — This most interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for a dweller by the newly cultivated land or fallow land, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word fealh , Middle English falwe , fallow. This word was used… … Surnames reference
