hewe

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.

hewe (plural hewes)

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

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 J. 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.

• whee

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

• heowe, heue, hiue, hywe

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

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

1. servant, hireling
2. rascal, villein

• hird

• English: hewe

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

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

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

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

• English: hue
• Scots: hew, hu, hue

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

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.

hewe

1. to hold
2. to lift