"tohew" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tohews [present, singular, third-person], tohewing [participle, present], tohewed [past], tohewn [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English tohewen, from Old English tōhēawan (“to hew in pieces, chop up”), from Proto-Germanic *tehawwaną (“to cut to pieces”), equivalent to to- + hew. Cognate with Old Frisian tehawa, Middle Low German tohouwen, Dutch tehouwen, German zerhauen (“to chop up, hack”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tohewen}} Middle English tohewen, {{inh|en|ang|tōhēawan|t=to hew in pieces, chop up}} Old English tōhēawan (“to hew in pieces, chop up”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tehawwaną|t=to cut to pieces}} Proto-Germanic *tehawwaną (“to cut to pieces”), {{af|en|to-|hew}} to- + hew, {{cog|ofs|tehawa}} Old Frisian tehawa, {{cog|gml|tohouwen}} Middle Low German tohouwen, {{cog|nl|tehouwen}} Dutch tehouwen, {{cog|de|zerhauen|t=to chop up, hack}} German zerhauen (“to chop up, hack”) Head templates: {{en-verb||||tohewn}} tohew (third-person singular simple present tohews, present participle tohewing, simple past tohewed, past participle tohewn)
  1. (obsolete) To cut or hack heavily; cut to pieces, chop up. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-tohew-en-verb-~-IV4HcE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with to-

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