Híwet[t]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Híwet[t]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: stan-, wudu-híwet. hiwett

Definitions

1 híwet[t]

n. Hewing, cutting :-- Tó ðǽm ðæt wé sién geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre bútan ðǽm hiéwete ǽlcre suingean ut in templum Dei sine disciplinae percussione disponamur, Past. 253. Hýwyt dolatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 63.

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚹᛖᛏ[ᛏ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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