Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forhew

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: forhew
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cut to pieces.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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"

Etymology

From Old English forhēawan, corresponding to for- + hew.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: for
Root: forhēawan

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

forhews (present, singular) forhewing (participle, present) forhewed (past) forhewed (participle, past) forhewn (participle, past)

Questions

What does forhew mean?: To cut to pieces.
Where does forhew come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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