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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)
- (obsolete) A domestic; a servant or retainer.
Etymology 2
Verb
hewe
- Obsolete form of hew.
1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, (Coverdale Bible), : , →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
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English hīwa, from Proto-West Germanic *hīwō, from Proto-Germanic *hīwô.
Pronunciation
Noun
hewe (plural hewes or hewen)
- servant, hireling
- rascal, villein
Descendants
References
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.
- heou, heow, heowe, heouwe, heu, hew, hiwe, hou, howe, hu, hue, huȝe, hwe, hyw
Pronunciation
Noun
hewe (plural hewes)
- 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.
- brightness, clarity (tone, color)
- paint, dye
- complexion, appearance, look
- expression, demeanour
Descendants
References
See also
Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
whit
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grey, hor
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blak
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red; cremesyn, gernet
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citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne
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yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
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grasgrene
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grene
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plunket; ewage
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asure, livid
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blewe, blo, pers
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violet; inde
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rose, murrey; purpel, purpur
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claret
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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
Verb
hewe
- to hold
- to lift