In-híwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

In-híwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -hígan ; Related words: híwan. in-hiwan

Definitions

1 in-híwan

pl. Members of a household, of a convent, domestics :-- Gif gesíþcund mon þingaþ wið cyning for his inhíwum if a 'gesithcund' man make terms with the king for his household, L. In. 50; Th. i. 134, 3. Ǽlce gǽre áne dægfeorme inhiowum every year one day's provision for the members of the convent, Chart, Th. 509, 14. Gie aron inhígo godes estis domestici Dei, Rtl. 82, 33. [Cf. Al mi nestfalde cun beoð me meast feondes and mine inhinen alre meast hearmen, Jul. 33, 5.]

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚾ-ᚻᛁᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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