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)
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hīwa, from Proto-Germanic *hīwô.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Pronunciation
Noun
- 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.
- Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
- brightness, clarity (of a color)
- paint, dye
- complexion, appearance, look
- expression, demeanour
Descendants
References
- “heu (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also
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
Etymology
Compare German heben, Dutch heffen, English heave.
Verb
hewe
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