hewe

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.

hewe (plural hewes)

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

• whee

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

• heue, hiue, hywe, heowe

• IPA^(key): /hiu̯(ə)/

  Rhymes: -iu̯(ə)

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

1. servant, hireling
2. rascal, villein

• English: hewe

• “heue (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

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

• hew, heu, huȝe, hiwe, hwe, hue, hu, hyw, heow, hou, heou, howe, heowe, heouwe

• IPA^(key): /hiu̯/

  Rhymes: -iu̯

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

1. hue (tone, color)
   • 14^th 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

• English: hue
• Scots: hew, hu, hue

• “heu (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Compare German heben, Dutch heffen, English heave.

hewe

1. to hold
2. to lift