Hiwere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hiwere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hiwere

m. One who pretends, a hypocrite :-- Hiwere simulator, Ælfc. Gr. 85; Som. 73, 105; Wrt. Voc. 49, 12. Wá eów hiwerum woe to you hypocrites, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 17. hiwere

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚹᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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