tohew

From Middle English tohewen, from Old English tōhēawan (“to hew in pieces, chop up”), from Proto-Germanic *tehawwaną (“to cut to pieces”), equivalent to to- +‎ hew. Cognate with Old Frisian tehawa, Middle Low German tohouwen, Dutch tehouwen, German zerhauen (“to chop up, hack”).

tohew (third-person singular simple present tohews, present participle tohewing, simple past tohewed, past participle tohewn)

1. (obsolete) To cut or hack heavily; cut to pieces, chop up.

• oweth