forhew

F4O1R1H4E1W4

verb

To cut to pieces.

OriginOld English forhēawan →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

verbforhew (third-person singular simple present forhews, present participle forhewing, simple past forhewed, past participle forhewed or forhewn)

present singular third person forhews · participle present forhewing · past forhewed · participle past forhewed · participle past forhewn

  1. obsoleteTo cut to pieces.
    1 more example

    And Beaumayns sawe hym and made hym redy / & ther they mette[…]and put their sheldes afore them / & drewe their swerdes / and gaf many grete strokes that somtyme they hurtled to gyder that they felle grouelyng on the ground Thus they fought two houres and more that their sheldes & theyr hauberkes were al forhewen / & in many stedys they were wounded

    1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII

Origin

  1. Old Englishforhēawan
  2. Englishforhew

From Old English forhēawan, corresponding to for- + hew.

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APA

forhew. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forhew

MLA

“forhew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forhew. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forhew,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forhew.

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