hewe

English

Etymology 1

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

hewe (plural hewes)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

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 w^t nales and hammers, that it moue not.

Anagrams

• whee

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• heowe, heue, hiue, hywe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiu̯(ə)/
• Rhymes: -iu̯(ə)

Noun

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

1. servant, hireling
2. rascal, villein

Related terms

• hird

Descendants

• English: hewe

References

• “heue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

Etymology 2

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.

Alternative forms

• heou, heow, heowe, heouwe, heu, hew, hiwe, hou, howe, hu, hue, huȝe, hwe, hyw

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiu̯/, /ˈhiu̯(ə)/
• Rhymes: -iu̯

Noun

hewe (plural hewes)

1. hue (tone, color)
   • 14^th 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

Descendants

• English: hue
• Scots: hew, hu, hue

References

• “heu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

See also

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	blew, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

Old French

Noun

hewe

1. alternative form of hoe (“hoe”)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːvə/

Verb

hewe

1. to hold
2. to lift