Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English form of waw.
  • Obsolete forms of woo, wooer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb obsolete To woo.

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Examples

  • For those of us who are not all that deeply into teen-language, "wowe" in Norwegian means to play World of Warcraft.

    Archive 2005-04-01 Torill 2005

  • For those of us who are not all that deeply into teen-language, "wowe" in Norwegian means to play World of Warcraft.

    You must not wow Torill 2005

  • Apart from alternative warning poems ("Du skal ikkje wowe bort sumarnotta, ho er for ljos til det" as my favourite (original text here)) offered from all members of the family, I immediately had to buy the game!

    Archive 2005-04-01 Torill 2005

  • I have to admit, in our household the constant repetitions of "du må ikkje wowe" had the wrong effect.

    Archive 2005-04-01 Torill 2005

  • Apart from alternative warning poems ("Du skal ikkje wowe bort sumarnotta, ho er for ljos til det" as my favourite (original text here)) offered from all members of the family, I immediately had to buy the game!

    You must not wow Torill 2005

  • I have to admit, in our household the constant repetitions of "du må ikkje wowe" had the wrong effect.

    You must not wow Torill 2005

  • Ac þi lif al þu last in wowe. weylawey deþ þe schal a {} dun þrowe. þer þu wenest heyust to steo.

    Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

  • _ Ech þe understandeð þ̵ holi husel  {180} unwurðliche he understant hi {m} seluen eche pine. ⁊ endelese wowe.

    Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

  • + No but that ye wowe hir to haue hir to your wife,

    Ralph Roister Doister Nicholas Udall 1530

  • Does anyone know how to exchange coupons if I change my mind? cheeriokid: Did you forget to use the discount code? wowe said: Here is a tip.

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