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hewe

hewe noun: a domestic; a servant or retainer. Also the obsolete form of hew.

Noun

hewe (plural hewes)

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

Also used as

hewe is also the obsolete form of hew.

Forms of hewe

pluralhewes

Origin of 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.

Questions about hewe

What does hewe mean?
Hewe means a domestic; a servant or retainer.
What part of speech is hewe?
Hewe is a noun.
What is the plural of hewe?
The plural of hewe is hewes.

Words near hewe in the dictionary

  1. hewala
  2. Hewanorra
  3. Heward
  4. Hewards
  5. Hewat
  6. hewe
  7. hewed
  8. hewed down
  9. hewed out
  10. hewedst
  11. Hewell

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