hewe

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noun

A domestic; a servant or retainer.

OriginMiddle English hewe ← Old English hīwa ← Proto-Germanic *hīwô →
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Meanings

hewe1

nounhewe (plural hewes)

plural hewes

  1. obsoleteA domestic; a servant or retainer.

hewe2

verb
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of hew.

    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 wᵗ nales and hammers, that it moue not.

    1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] x:[3–4], folio xxviii, verso, column 1

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-“to lie with, store, be familiar”
  2. Proto-Germanic*hīwô“relative, fellow-lodger, family”
  3. Old Englishhīwa“member of a family”
  4. Middle Englishhewe
  5. Englishhewe

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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APA

hewe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hewe

MLA

“hewe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hewe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hewe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hewe.

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