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hiw

  • adjective
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hiw, l. híw,
Wright's OE grammar
§90; §265; §357;
shape.
and add:
of material things.
form, shape, figure
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  • Manig wyht is mistlíce férende geond eorþan, and sint swíþe ungelíces híwes

    quam variis terras animalia permeant figuris,

    • Bt. 41, 6
    • ;
    • F. 254, 24
    • .
  • Þá feówer gesceafta hé ... on óþrum híwe gebrengþ

    elementa ... alterna commutatione transformat,

    • 39, 8
    • ;
    • F. 224, 9
    • .
  • Hé sceolde hí áwendan of þám wyrmhíwe ... and tó manna gelícnysse of þám láðum híwe,

    • Hml. S. 10, 106
    • .
  • Fæger híwe

    formosa (frontis) effigie,

    • An. Ox. 3411
    • .
  • Gást se hálig mid líchomlic huiu

    (specie)

    suelce culfra,

    • Lk. L. 3, 22.
a figure:
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  • Hé geseah ealra wihta ... híw in cuman

    variorum monstrorum diversas figuras introire prospicit,

    • Guth. Gr. 139, 4
    • :
    • 140, 4
    • .
a form, shape, something formed by carving, writing, &c.:
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  • Hér ámearcod is háligra híw þurh handmægen áwriten on wealle,

    • An. 725
    • .
  • Híwe

    simulacro, i. statua,

    • An. Ox. 2285
    • .
  • Híw (híf,

    • An. Ox. 3784)

    effigiem (frivolam simulacri),

    • Hpt. Gl. 495, 28
    • .
  • Mid manifealdum híwum

    diversis (imaginum) thoraciclis, i. imaginibus,

    • An. Ox. 1044
    • .
  • Týn híw habbað þá bóceras mid þám hig ámearkiað heora accentas,

    • Angl. viii. 333, 21
    • .
appearance, aspect
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  • Of scilfrium híwe beorhtmeð

    flaua (auri) specie splendescit,

    • An. Ox. 533
    • .
  • Se fugel is on híwe onlícost peán,

    • Ph. 311
    • .
  • Hié sceolan árísan ... on swylcum heówe swá hié ǽr hié sylfe gefrætwodan,

    • Bl. H. 95, 24.
beautiful appearance, beauty:
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  • Gréne stondað gehroden ... beorhtast bearwa. Nó gebrocen weorðeð holt on híwe,

    • Ph. 81
    • .
colour
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  • Apricitas,

    color

    hió,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 51
    • .
  • Híw

    apricitas,

    • 7, 10
    • .
  • Ðæt æðeleste hiéw (híw,

    • l. 23)

    color optimus,

    • Past. 133, 11
    • .
  • Hwítes híwes (hiéwes, v. l.),

    • 87, 20.
  • Hiówes,

    • Nar. 15, 32
    • .
  • Ungelíces híues

    discolor,

    • Mt. p. 3, 19
    • .
  • Blaccum híwe

    nigro colore, ib.

    Iacintus is lyfte onlícusð on híwe,

    • Past. 85, 5
    • .
form, kind, nature, character
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  • Ðá ælðeódegan weras ðe on cuman híwe him mid wunedon

    (peregrines viros in hospitalitatem receptos,

    • Gr. D. iv. 14
    • ),
    • Hml. Th. ii. 96, 35
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  • Sé þe wæs on Godes híwe onféng ꝥ híw úre týddran gecynde,

    • Bl. H. 29, 3
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  • Undernim ðú leorningcnihtes híw, ꝥ þú ðás gerýnu leornian mæge,

    • Hml. Th. i. 590, 21
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  • In monnes híw,

    • Cri. 657
    • .
  • In cildes híw,

    • 725.
  • Eom ic þára twelfa sum þe hé getreóweste under monnes híw móde gelufode,

    • Gú. 682
    • .
form of non-material things.
of speech,
technical grammatical terms
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  • De specie. Species

    is híw,

    primitiua and diriuatiua.

    Ealle ðá eahta

    partes

    forneán habbað þás twá híw ... Óðer híw is geháten

    inchoatiua,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 211, 1-14.
  • De figura. Figura

    is gefégednys oððe híw. Twá híw synd,

    simplex and composita,

    • 217, 10
    • .
  • Sume sind gehátene

    scemata,

    þæt sind mislíce híw on lédensprǽce, hú heó betst gelógod beó,

    • 295, 4
    • :
    • Angl. viii. 331, 2
    • .
in a more general sense,
formula, form of words
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  • Híwum

    (praedictis exemplorum) formulis,

    • An. Ox. 79
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  • Ná beseah on spǽce heów leáse

    non respexit in insanias falsas,

    • Ps. Rdr. 39, 5
    • .
of abstractions,
form, type, model, appearance that shews evidence of a quality
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  • Mǽþhades híwe

    uirginitatis typum, i. speciem,

    • An. Ox, 299
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  • On ymbsnidenesse híwe

    (tipo),

    • 40, 17
    • .
  • Of hífe (híwe,

    • Hpt. Gl. 465, 74
    • ),

    gelícnysse

    liniamento .i. similitudini (puritatis),

    • 2530
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  • Fǽmnhá[d]licum híwe

    uirginali formulae, i. specie,

    • 536
    • .
  • Þæt hé híwige swylce hé árfæstes módes sý, and under þám leáslican híwe gederige,

    • Wlfst. 53, 27
    • .
  • Ðý lǽs ǽnig durre on eáðmódnesse híwe

    (sub humilitatis specie)

    hit forcweðan,

    • Past. 51, 3
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  • Sume men onderfóð eáðmódnesse híw, sume ofermódnesse,

    • 301, 25
    • .
a pretext
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  • Híwe

    praetextu,

    • An. Ox. 2684
    • :
    • 3930
    • .
an imaginary form, a fancy
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  • Scinlác vel híw

    fantasia, i. imaginatio, delusio mentis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 42
    • .
a kind, species
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  • On seofen híwum

    septem speciebus (dirimuntur),

    • An. Ox. 3113
    • .
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