hewe

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English hewe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hīwa (“member of a family”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hīwô (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

Anagrams

• whee

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hīwa, from Proto-Germanic *hīwô.

Alternative forms

• heue, hiue, hywe, heowe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiu̯(ə)/

  Rhymes: -iu̯(ə)

Noun

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

1. servant, hireling
2. rascal, villein

Descendants

• English: hewe

References

• “heue (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Etymology 2

From Old English hīw, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją.

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiu̯/

  Rhymes: -iu̯

Noun

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

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 (of a 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 2018-03-30.

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

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German heben, Dutch heffen, English heave.

Verb

hewe

1. to hold
2. to lift