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heawan

Pronunciation: /ˈxæ͜ɑː.wɑn/

“heawan” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to strike, smite, slash, cut
  2. to chop, hew, hash, fell wood

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, a reduplicating verb, from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hew; to hit, strike; to forge”). Cognate with Old Dutch houwan (modern Dutch houwen), Old Frisian hawa, Old High German houwan (modern German hauen), Old Norse hǫggva (Icelandic höggva, Swedish hugga), Old Saxon hauwan, hauuan.

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