aheawan

By surface analysis, ā- +‎ hēawan

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈxæ͜ɑː.wɑn/, [ɑːˈhæ͜ɑː.wɑn]

āhēawan

1. to chop, cut (up, down)
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Sē hālga tōwearp ēac sum hǣðengyld, and wolde āhēawan ǣnne hēahne pīnbēam, sē wæs ǣr ġehālgod þām hǣðenum godum.

     The saint also overthrew an idol, and wanted also to cut down a high pine tree that was hallowed to the heathen gods.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     ...ðā ðā hǣðenan āhēowon þæt trēow mid ormǣtre blisse, þæt hit brastliende sāh tō ðām hālgan were, hetelīċe swiðe. Þā worhte hē onġēan ðām hrēosendum trēowe þǣs Hǣlendes rōde tācn, and hit ðǣrrihte ætstōd, wende ðā onġēan, and hrēas underbæc, and fornēan offēoll ðā ðe hit ǣr forcurfon.

     Then the heathens cut down the tree with immense bliss, so that, rustling, it fell towards the holy man very violently. Then he made the sign of the Savior's cross to the falling tree, and it immediately stood still, turned around, and fell backwards, and almost fell upon those who had previously cut it.