hewe

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English

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Etymology 1

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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.

Noun

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hewe (plural hewes)

  1. (obsolete) A domestic; a servant or retainer.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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hewe

  1. Obsolete form of hew.
    • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, [] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] x:[3–4], folio xxviii, verso, column 1:
      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.

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old English hīwa, from Proto-West Germanic *hīwō, from Proto-Germanic *hīwô.

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

  1. servant, hireling
  2. rascal, villein
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Descendants
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  • English: hewe
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old English hīew, from Proto-West Germanic *hiwi, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją.

Forms with a final vowel are probably generalised datives, especially in the common combination of (red, grene, etc.) hewe.

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Noun

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hewe (plural hewes)

  1. hue (tone, color)
    • 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
      Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.
      Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.
  2. brightness, clarity (tone, color)
  3. paint, dye
  4. complexion, appearance, look
  5. expression, demeanour
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See also

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Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German heben, heven (rarer heffen), from Old High German heffen, heven, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan.

Compare German heben, Dutch heffen, English heave.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hewe

  1. to hold
  2. to lift