aue
Britishinterjection
Etymology
Origin of aue
Māori
Example Sentences
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AVE occurs in Ovid only here and at RA 639-40 'nec ueniat seruus, nec flens ancillula fictum / suppliciter dominae nomine dicat "aue!"
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
It was, however, frequent in everyday speech, as is clear from Sen Ben VI 34 3 'uulgare et publicum uerbum et promiscuum ignotis "aue"'.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
Wel me quað he wel is me wel. ðat ic aue abiden ðus swil sel.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph
Eylandt: the first syllable of which, they inform us, is ea, Low Germ. aue, water, i.e. water-land, or land surrounded by water.
From Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
The original has aue, which, if it mean ave, is unmeaning here.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various
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