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forhews

forhews is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forhew.

Meaning of forhew

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To cut to pieces.
    • 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...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII

Questions about forhews

What is forhews the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forhews is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forhew.

Words near forhews in the dictionary

  1. forheld
  2. forhele
  3. forheling
  4. forhew
  5. forhewing
  6. forhews
  7. forhill
  8. forhilled
  9. forhilling
  10. forhills
  11. forhold

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