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HEÁWAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen
Wright's OE grammar
§76; §172; §264; §518;
To HEW, cut, strike, smite [with a sharp weapon]
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  • Gif mon óðres wudu heáweþ unáliéfedne

    if a man cut another's wood without leave,

    • L. Alf. pol. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 70, 4
      • .

  • Mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícum onscytum

    almost all men calumniate [lit. strike from behind] each other with shameful attacks,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 84
      • .

  • Se seðe unwærlíce ðone wuda hiéwþ

    is qui incaute ligna percutit,

    • Past. 21, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 167, 16
      • .

  • Wé heáwaþ ðone wudu

    ligna succidimus,

    • 167, 6
      • .

  • Hé heów oð ðæt hé on hilde gecranc

    he smote with his sword until in fight he fell,

    • Byrht. Th. 141, 18
      • ;
    • By. 324
      • .

  • Heów ðæt hors mid ðam spuran

    he struck the horse with the spurs

    [cf. Icel. höggva hest sporum],
    • Elf. T. 36, 25
    .

  • Ðá heówon hí ðone stán swá swýðe swá hí mihton

    dolantes lapidem in quantum valebant,

    • Bd. 4, 11
      • ;
    • S. 580, 5
      • .

  • Heówon hereflýman þearle mécum mylenscearpum

    they smote sorely the flying with falchions sharp ground,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 112, 23
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 23
      • :
    • Byrht. Th. 137, 4
      • ;
    • By. 181
      • .

  • Linde heówon

    they hewed the linden shields,

    • Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 26, 1
      • ;
    • Jud: 304
      • :
    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 112. 6
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 6
      • :
    • Mt. Kmbl. 21. 8
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. hawan, hauwan
:
O. Frs. hawa, howa
:
Icel. höggva
:
O. H. Ger. houwan
:
Ger. hauen
.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “HEÁWAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18569.

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