different between hede vs hewe

English

Etymology

From Middle English hede, from Old English *h?du, feminine form of Old English h?d (“person, individual, character, individuality; degree, rank, order, office; condition, state, nature, form, manner; sex; race, family, tribe; choir”), from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“appearance, kind”). Cognate with Middle High German heit (“person, order, rank”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (haidus, “manner, way”). More at hade.

Noun

hede (plural hedes)

1. (obsolete) Rank; order; condition; quality.

Related terms

• hade
• -head, -hood
• hode

Anagrams

• ehed, heed

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /he?ð?/, [?he?ð?]
• Rhymes: -ð?

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heiðr (“heath, moor”).

Noun

hede c (singular definite heden, plural indefinite heder)

1. A heath.
2. A moor.

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hiti, hita.

Noun

hede c (singular definite heden, not used in plural form)

1. heat

Dutch

Alternative forms

• hee

Etymology

From Middle Dutch h?de, eastern variant of herde, heerde, from Proto-West Germanic *he?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.d?/
• Hyphenation: he?de
• Rhymes: -e?d?

Noun

hede f (plural hedens)

1. (dialectal) tow, hards.

   Synonym: werk

Finnish

(index he)

Etymology

Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in the 1850s. Derived from the same root as hedelmä (“fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hede?/, [?he?de?(?)]
• Rhymes: -ede
• Syllabification: he?de

Noun

hede

1. (botany) stamen

Declension

Derived terms

• nouns: hetiö

Compounds

• hedekukka
• hedelehti

See also

• emi
• palho
• ponsi
• siitepöly

Latin

Noun

hede

1. vocative singular of hedus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?d.

Noun

hede

1. Alternative form of hod

Etymology 2

From Old English h?afod.

Noun

hede

1. Alternative form of heed

Sranan Tongo

Noun

hede

1. Alternative form of ede

English

Etymology

From Middle English hewe, from Old English h?wa (“member of a family”), from Proto-Germanic *h?wô (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). More at hind.

Noun

hewe (plural hewes)

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

Anagrams

• whee

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?wa, from Proto-Germanic *h?wô.

Alternative forms

• heue, hiue, hywe, heowe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiu?(?)/

  Rhymes: -iu?(?)

Noun

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

1. servant, hireling
2. rascal, villein

Descendants

• English: hewe

References

• “heue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Etymology 2

From Old English h?ew, from Proto-Germanic *hiwj?.

Alternative forms

• hew, heu, hu?e, hiwe, hwe, hue, hu, hyw, heow, hou, heou, howe, heowe, heouwe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiu?/

  Rhymes: -iu?

Noun

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

1. hue (tone, color)
   • 14^th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue

     Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.

     Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.

2. brightness, clarity (of a color)
3. paint, dye
4. complexion, appearance, look
5. expression, demeanour

Descendants

• English: hue
• Scots: hew, hu, hue

References

• “heu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German heben, Dutch heffen, English heave.

Verb

hewe

1. to hold
2. to lift