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Thewed

//θjuːd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having thews or muscles.
  2. 2
    Accustomed or educated.

    "The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of thew form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English thewed (“well raised, well mannered, virtuous; habituated, trained”), from Old English ġeþēawod, past participle of Old English þēawian, ġeþēawian (“to make mannered, form the habits or character of a person, educate”), equivalent to thew + -ed.

Etymology 2

From thew + -ed.

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