heu1 (c.1230)
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heu1 (c.1230)

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[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: 4,469c heu 2; GdfC: ∅; TL: 4,1090 heu!; DEAF: H441 heu; DMF:  heu 1; TLF:  euh; OED:  hue n.2; MED:  heu(e n.2; DMLBS: ∅ ]
heue  

interj.

1oh!, ah!, indicating sorrow or concern: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Heu! Las! Fiz! Tant sui marri  6498
( 1294 )  e heue! Sire, nus sumes issi a la comune ley  21-22 Ed I 459
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  'Heu', dist, 'cil qui se vantera! Par ce toutdis de luy serra Trestoute vertu fosbanie'  1834
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