Hewe
noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A domestic; a servant or retainer. obsolete
- 1 Obsolete form of hew. alt-of, obsolete
"They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the woꝛke man, and faſhion it with the axe: they couer it ouer with golde oꝛ ſyluer, they faſten it wᵗ nales and hammers, that it moue not."
Example
More examples"They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the woꝛke man, and faſhion it with the axe: they couer it ouer with golde oꝛ ſyluer, they faſten it wᵗ nales and hammers, that it moue not."
Etymology
From Middle English hewe, from Old English hīwa (“member of a family”), from Proto-Germanic *hīwô (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). More at hind.
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