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ge-hiwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-hiwian, -hywian, -heowian, -hiowian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.
to form, fashion, make, transform, transfigure; formāre, plasmāre, fingĕre, fĭgūrāre, transfĭgūrāre
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  • Ðú ðe gehiwast sárnesse on bebode

    qui fingis lăbōrem in præcepto,

    • Ps. Lamb. 93, 20
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  • Sió godcunde fóreteohhung eall þing gehiwaþ

    the divine predestination fashions everything,

    • Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 17
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  • Ðú gehiwadest me

    formasti me,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 3
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  • Handa me ðíne geworhton and gehiwedan

    mănus tuæ fēcērunt me et plasmāvērunt me,

    • 118, 73
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  • He wæs gehiwod befóran him

    transfĭgūrātus est ante eos,

    • Mt. Bos. 17, 2
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  • Seó heáfodstów gescrepelíce gehiwad ætýwde to ðam gemete hyre heáfdes

    lŏcus căpĭtis ad mensūram căpĭtis illīus aptissĭme fĭgūrātus appāruit,

    • Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 2
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to seem, appear, pretend; sĭmŭlāre
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  • Ðeáh ðe he hit swá gehiwige

    though he may so pretend,

    • Homl. Th. i. 6, 18
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  • Seó gehiwode anlícnys getiðode ðám toslitenum mannum hwílendlíc líf

    the apparent likeness imparted to the torn men transitory life,

    • ii. 240, 17
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  • Gehiwed

    dissimulatus,

    • Hpt. Gl. 517
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  • Ne lufa ðú ðínne broðor mid gehiwodre heortan

    do not love thy brother with a dissembling heart,

    • Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 4
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v.  ge-heowian ge-hiowian ge-hywian hiwian.
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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/14696.

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