“Haw” as it relates to middle
english would be an apportionment of land that a lord might send a person to if he be a ceourl or person
without sokage apart from the burgess or citizens of
the town keep and borrough. i.e apart from sokemen and sokewomen.
Person 1: he was sent away to his haw where he crooned us a tune
Person 2: he forfeited his status as villeini (villanage) of a rite to work the team by pasture and by a thane of
the region was sent to his ‘hum and haw’