“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’