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Webster 1913 Edition

Hewe

Hewe

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Noun.
[Cf.
Hind
a peasant.]
A domestic servant; a retainer.
[Obs.]
“False homely hewe.”
Chaucer.

Definition 2024

hewe

hewe

English

Noun

hewe ‎(plural hewes)

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

Middle English

Noun

hewe

  1. 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.

Etymology

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.

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