Thew
Thew (thū) , noun
[Old English thew, þeau, manner, habit, strength, Anglo-Saxon þeáw manner, habit (compare þȳwan to drive); akin to Old Saxon thau custom, habit, Old High German dou. r56.]
[Chiefly used in the plural Thews (thūz).]
1.
Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues. [Obsolete]
For her great light
Of sapience, and for her thews clear.
Evil speeches destroy good thews.
To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might.
2.
Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. — Shakespeare
And I myself, who sat apart
And watched them, waxed in every limb;
I felt the thews of Anakim,
The pules of a Titan's heart.