† ˈday-rawe, -rewe Obs.
[f. day + rawe, rewe, row.]
The first streak of day; the dawn.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 255 Þu asteȝe so þe daiȝ rewe Þe deleð from daiȝ þe deorke nicht. c 1275 [see day-red] c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. B. 893 Ruddon of þe day-rawe ros vpon vȝten. a 1400–50 Alexander 392 Qwen þe day-raw rase he rysis be-lyfe. |