For-heáwan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-heáwan

p. -heów; pp. -heáwen To hew or cut down, cut in pieces, slaughter; concīdĕre, occīdĕre :-- Hý forheówan Heaðóbeardna þrym they slaughtered the host of Heathobeards, Scóp. Th. 99; Wíd. 49: Byrht. Th. 135, 9; By. 115. [Ger. ver-hauen to cut down.] for-heawan