hewe

English

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.

Noun

hewe (plural hewes)

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

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hīwa, from Proto-Germanic *hīwô.

Alternative forms

  • heue, hiue, hywe, heowe

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

  1. servant, hireling
  2. rascal, villein
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old English hīw, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiu̯/
    Rhymes: -iu̯

Noun

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

  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.
  2. brightness, clarity (of a color)
  3. paint, dye
  4. complexion, appearance, look
  5. expression, demeanour
Descendants
References

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak      broun, tawne
             claret              red ; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre              yelow, dorry ; canevas
             grasgrene              grene                           plunket ; ewage
             asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers              violet ; inde              rose, murrey ; purpel

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German heben, Dutch heffen, English heave.

Verb

hewe

  1. to hold
  2. to lift
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