FromMiddle English hewe Old English hīwa ( “ member of a family ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *hīwô ( “ relative, fellow-lodger, family ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱey- ( “ to lie with, store, be familiar ” ) . More athind
hewe (plural hewes
( obsolete ) domestic ; aservant orretainer .hewe
Obsolete form ofhew 1535 Myles Coverdale , transl.,Biblia: The Byble, [ … ] (Coverdale Bible ),[ Cologne or Marburg] :[ Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?] ,→OCLC Jeremiah ] x:[3–4],folio xxviii, verso , column 1:Theyhewe 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.
Inherited fromOld English hīwa Proto-West Germanic *hīwō Proto-Germanic *hīwô
hewe plural hewes or hewen
servant ,hireling rascal ,villein Inherited fromOld English hīew Proto-West Germanic *hiwi Proto-Germanic *hiwją
Forms with a final vowel are probably generalised datives, especially in the common combinationof red grene hewe .
heou heow heowe heouwe heu hew hiwe hou howe hu hue huȝe hwe hyw hewe plural hewes
hue ( tone, color ) 14th Century ,Chaucer ,General Prologue Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed ofhewe .Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue. brightness ,clarity ( tone, color ) paint ,dye complexion ,appearance ,look expression ,demeanour Colors in Middle English ·coloures hewes (layout ·text ) whit grey hor blak red cremesyn gernet citrine aumbre broun tawne yelow dorry gul canevas grasgrene grene plunket ewage asure livid blewe blo pers violet inde rose murrey purpel purpur claret
hewe
alternative form ofhoe ( “ hoe ” ) Pennsylvania German [ edit ] FromMiddle High German heben heven heffen Old High German heffen heven Proto-West Germanic *habbjan
CompareGerman heben Dutch heffen English heave
hewe
tohold tolift 
