Hiwian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hiwian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-hiwian. hiwian

Definitions

1 hiwian

p. ode; pp. od. To form, fashion, shape, colour, feign, pretend :-- Hiwian colorare, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 112; Wrt. Voc. 54, 54. Ic hiwige fingo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 61. Ðú hiwast swilce ðú ðínum cildum hit sparige you make as if you are saving it for your children, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 8. Ealle ðe hiwiaþ hí wiðútan mid eáwfæstum þeáwum and wiðinnan sind geǽttrode mid árleásnysse all that fashion themselves outwardly with pious manners, but inwardly are poisoned with impiety, 404, 13. Sum fǽmne hí hiwode sárlíce seóce some woman feigned herself very ill, 506, 5. Herodes hiwode hine sylfne unrótne Herod pretended to be troubled, i. 484, 26. Ðú hiwodest formasti, Blickl. Gl: Ps. Spl. C. 138, 4: 93, 9. Hiwgende lang gebed simulantes longam orationem, Lk. Skt. 20, 47.

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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