forhew en · VERB
Etymology
From Old English forhēawan, corresponding to for- + hew.
Meanings
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(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 were al forhewen / & in many stedys they were wounded
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forhewing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forhewn | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forhewed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forhewed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| forhews | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |