haw
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Searchable Lemmata: hæwe (OE), haue (ME), hawe (AF), haw (MdE).
Alternate Forms: haa, haeuui, háui, hawes, heáwi.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Dye;
originally an Old English adjective used to refer to dark colours (blue, grey) or in transferred senses (such as the livid colours of bruises). This meaning continued into Middle English, from whence the word was used in an Anglo-French context to refer to blue cloths (see Sense 2).(ante 800 - ante 1750 ?)
2. [16] ... Sir Gawane þe gay dame Gayenour he ledis. In a gleterande gyde ... Withe riche rebanes reuerssede [Dc: reuersset] ... [18] ... Hir hude was of hawe [IrBl: haa] hewe, þat hir hede hydys ... [24] ... Hir sadille semyde of þat ilke, Semlely sewede [Dc: Saude] with sylke
Arthurian, Heroic, Poetic, Romance.
[MED Awntyrs Arth. ((Thrn) 16-24) circa 1440]
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
2(n.)
Textile;
clear blue cloth; Middle English used in an Anglo-French documentary context.(ante 1300 - 1350)
1. et qe nul ne face drap medlé de filetz d’Engleterre et d’Espayne. ... qe drap de leyne ... soit fait soulement par soy, saunz medlure ... nul noir fil me (l. ne) soit mis en drap en lu de hawen ou de plum menuet, virli, lombard ... [xviii] ... Et purveu est qe nul teler ne oevre andley, porreye, ne marbruy de flur de vesz, ne vert en veyr, fors un fil et un; et ceo soit en .vi. launces, issi qe les draps de totes partz soient bons et loiaux ... [xxi] ... Et qe chescun drap menuet et andley soient del poys de ix livres au meyns, quaunt il vendra du teler. Et qe chescun bon drap bisset soit del poys de ix livres et demi ... [xxii] ... touz estraunge reies, et hawes, et porreies, de .vi. launces, soyent del poys de .x. livres au meyns
Legal.
[AND Lib Cust (125) circa 1300/1350]
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, native Old English word, from the same root as the extended (and more common form) hæwen (q.v.).
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