English Explanatory Dictionary

hewe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A domestic; a servant or retainer.
verb
  1. Obsolete form of hew.

Word forms

hewe hewes

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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