“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’