voe

See also: Voe, vo'e, vö, and vö.

English

Alternative forms

• vae, vo

Etymology

Shetland and Orkney dialect, from Norn, from Old Norse vágr (“inlet, bay”). Cognate with Swedish and Norwegian våg, and Faroese vágur. Doublet of way.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /voʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

voe (plural voes)

1. (UK) A narrow sea inlet, particularly in the Shetland Islands, similar to a fjord.
   • 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter VI, in The Pirate. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 142:

     The power thou dost covet / O'er tempest and wave, / Shall be thine, thou proud maiden, / By beach and by cave,— / By stack and by skerry, by noup, and by voe, / By air and by wick, and by helyer and gio, / And by every wild shore which the northern winds know, / And the northern tides lave.

   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 268:

     On a fine summer's evening, an inhabitant of Unst happened to be walking along the sandy margin of a voe.

Anagrams

• OEV

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvoɛ]

Interjection

voe

1. (informal) alternative form of woe (ellipsis of ty vole)

Galician

Verb

voe

1. inflection of voar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

voe

1. inflection of voar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative