† till-hewv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To hew or cut to pieces.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut to pieces
to-carvec950
forhewa1000
forcarveOE
to-hackc1000
to-hewc1000
to-slivec1050
to-brittenc1175
shredc1275
to-snedc1275
to-race1297
smitec1300
dismember1303
hewa1382
hew1382
to-cut1382
forcutc1386
brit?a1400
splatc1400
to-shredc1405
upshear1430
detrench1470
dispiece1477
thrusche1483
till-hew1487
despiecea1492
rip1530
share?1566
hash1591
shamble1601
becut1630
betrench1656
mincemeat1861
becarve1863
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xx. 367 So fast till-hewyne wes all his face.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 384 He all till-hewyt þat he our-tuk.
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