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ge-hiwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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  • Gehiowiaþ

    fingunt,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 19.

  • Gehíwian

    inficere,

      47, 49.
to form, fashion
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  • Ic eom sé þe man of eorðan gehíwode,

      Hml. S. 30, 63.

  • Sé gehiéwade (

    finxit

    ) heortan heara,
      Ps. Srt. 32, 15.

  • Seó sáwul ealle líchamlicra þinga híw mæg on hyre sylfre gehíwian, and swá gehíwode on hyre móde gehealdan,

      I. 225.

  • Blódig wolcen on mistlíce beámas wæs gehíwod,

      Chr. 979 ; P. 122, 26.

  • THORN;ás twelf tácna sind swá gehíwode on ðám heofenlicum roderum, and synd swá bráde ꝥ hí gefyllað twá tída mid hyra úpgange,

      Lch. iii. 246, 6.

  • THORN;ára treówa ǽcyrfe on fatu gehíwad (-e, -heówad,

    v. ll.) wǽron (formarentur ),

      Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 291, 6.
to alter the form of, transform
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  • Drihten hine sylfne tó men gehíwode, Wlfst. 144, 31. II a. to alter the appearance of, make to look like :-- THORN;á gehíwode hé hine sylfne tó sumum ælþeódigum men

    peregrinum quempiam se simulans

    ,
      Gr. D. 75, 4u Hé is
    gehíwod tó crístenum men, and is earm hǽðengylda, Hml. Th. i. 102, 16.

  • Seó gýtsung gehíwod wæs weorðlíce on gegyrelan

    avaritia transformatur in habitum honestum

    ,
      Prud. 61.
to make an object
appear other than it really is
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  • Deófol gemacað þæt sume men beóð swá gehíwode líceteras swylce hý Godes ege habban, and bið eal heora ingeþanc mid fracode áfylled. Nis nán wyrse yfel . . . þonne þæt gehíwode yfel (

    evil that is made to appear good

    ), for ðám deófol sylf hit gefadað and gehýwað tó þám þæt þæt þincð ǽrest gód þe wyrð yfel on ende,
      Wlfst. 54, 4-11.
to assume an appearance or
character not belonging to one, to feign
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  • Mid gehýwedre halignysse, Hml. Th. i. 406, ll. Gehíwedre ceápe

    dissimulate negotio

    ,
      An. Ox. 4837.
of representation by a material or verbal figure. Cf. ge-híwendlic, ge-híwang
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  • Wel geheó-wede Dauid ꝥ; , þá hé wolde wiþ Goliaþ gefeohtan, BL H. 31, 16.

  • Þruh þá is gehíwot

    per quem (gastrimargia) figuratur

    ,
      An. Ox. II, 101.

  • Guhíwudre sprǽce

    tropologiam

    ,
      8, 150.

  • Swá micel is betwux þǽre gehíwodan anlícnysse and ðám sóðan ðinge so

    much difference is there between the image made to represent a thing and the real thing

    ,
      Hml. Th. ii. 240, 16.
to colour.
to paint
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  • Gezabel gehíwode hire eágan mid rude

    Jesabel depinxit oculos suos stibio

    (2 Kings
      9, 30), Hml. S. 18, 342.

  • Gehíuadne

    purpuratum

    ,
      Lk. p. 9, 2.
of natural complexion. Cf. ge-híwlǽcan ;
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  • Benedictus wæs blíðe on andwlitan, mid hwítum hǽrum, fægere gehíwod (

    with a fresh complexion

    ),
      Hml. Th. ii. 186, 20.
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v. un-gehíwod.
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v.  ge-hiwad.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-hiwian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/48320.

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