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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Heve, Hewe, v.¹ Also: heive, heiwe, heif; heave; p.t. hevit, hewit, etc., heywit, heyffyt; also, in sense 2, p.t. hwfe, huif; p.p. hofine, -yne, hovin, -en, howyn, -ine, -en, hevin. See also Have v.² [ME. hefe, heve(n; p.t. hevede, hefde, hove; p.p. heved, heven, hoven, hofen; OE. hebban; p.t. hóf; p.p. hafen, hæfen, hefod.]

1. tr. To lift, raise, hold up (esp. the hands). a1400 Leg. S. xxvi. 487.
Al thai thre … hevyt thar handis to the hewyne Ib. xxxvi. 841.
The basare hewit on hicht His hand, to strik c1420 Wynt. i. 362.
Coryne … Heyly hewyde that hwlk on hycht ?1438 Alex. ii. 10231.
Porrus heued his brand on he 1456 Hay II. 10/9.
He hevit up his handis to the hevyn c1475 Wall. xi. 544.
Thai … Heyffyt wp thar handis and thankit God 1513 Doug. v. viii. 47.
Entellus … hevis on hycht Hys rycht hand, for to smyte in al his mycht 1533 Boece i. vi. 47 b.
The lamentabill cumpany of wemen, heiffand vp handis to thare husbandis

b. To exalt, elevate. c1420 Wynt. v. 2104.
He is that God of mycht That has me hevyd to this hycht c1450-2 Howlat 967.
Quhen I was hewit as heir all-thir hieast

2. To lift (a child) from the font as sponsor; to stand sponsor to; to baptize, christen.(a) 1507 Treas. Acc. III. 360.
To Johne Forman … to heif Robert Cultellaris barne for the King a1500 Doug. K. Hart 901.
To Fresche Bewtie, becaus I culd hir heve, [I leave] Grein Appetyte hir servand for to be 1572 Haddington Treas. Acc.
Ganging about Mathow Liddell minister to heave Johne Garkettillis barne a1605 Montg. Misc. P. iv. 22.
Quhy had he me to Helicon to heive?(b) 1489 Treas. Acc. I. 120.
To the King, quhen he hwfe Duncan Forstaris sonnis barne 1491 Ib. 182.
Til Hew Hammiltonis barne at the King hwfe 1571 Sat. P. xxviii. 39.
Hammiltoun he me huif, I ȝow declair, Ane sorie surname(c) a1400 Leg. S. iii. 229.
The juge … Trewit in Criste, and howyn was Ib. xliii. 83.
Quhen he has hofine thé, Thane Godis angel thu sal se c1420 Wynt. v. 1493.
The god-fadyre he bad … the barnys ta Off the fownt quhen howyn thai ware Ib. vii. 1286.
Syne howyn he wes, and cald Henry c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 205.
The bairn was hovin and fosterit a1586 Lindsay MS. 40 b.
Thus is he tuys howen, first at the fontstane for the saluation of his saule and syne be his foundour a1658 Durham Commandments 136.
Because they were hoven in a manner and as it were offered to the Lord