Middle English Dictionary Entry
heuen v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | heuen v.(3) Also houen, huen, huwen, hwen & hoen, heon. |
| Etymology | OF hüer |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. heue n.(2).
1.
(a) To make a loud noise by shouting, barking, or the like; (b) of a huntsman: to give a signal by hallowing, shout (to the dogs); (c) ~ on, to shout at (sb.), raise an outcry against (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)252 : He vncuppilde hys hundis..Gromys and grewhundis Þay heue appone hight.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.BC (Trin-C R.3.20)32 : Alweys at þe countretayle Þeyre tunge clappeþe and doþe hewe [rimes: fewe, beshrewe].
b
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)6728 : Þe wisest hunt..Huweþ & gredeþ wiþ gret blast.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)6 : Whan he hath vncoupled..he haþ ynowe to doon to ryde..wiþ his houndes and..to hue or rout wel and blow wel.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)105 : As oft as eny hounde cateheþ [read: catcheþ] it, he shuld hue [*Dgb: hewe] to hym bi his name and rout hym to his felawes.
c
- c1300 SLeg.11000 Virg.(LdMisc 108)129 : Al þis compaygnie huy nome, And huweden [Corp-C: houede; Jul: hweþe; Stw: huwede] and crieden on heom a-schame and to grounde heom a-slowe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.61 : Is none..his noye to amende, But heon [vrr. hoen, howen] on hym as an hounde and hoten hym go þennes.