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of a house or family, domestic.
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  • Híwcúþum

    domesticis (sodalibus),

    • An. Ox. 5132
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  • Se cyngc betwux his híwcúðum mannum blissode,

    • Ap. Th. 3, 4.
figuratively:
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  • Hwæt is ꝥ þǽm men sý máre þearf tó þencenne þonne embe his sáuwle þearfe, ... and hwylce látteówas hé hæbbe, and hwyder hé gelǽded sý ... Sweotollíce wé magon ongeotan ꝥ þá syndon heówcúðe

    (there are those belonging to the household, i. e. good or evil spirits?)

    þe wé geseón ne magon,

    • Bl. H. 97, 23
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  • Híwcúþ carfulnys

    domestica sollicitudo,

    • An. Ox. 4183
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  • Híwcúþre

    domesticę (sodalitatis),

    • 2808.
familiar
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  • Þone híwcúþestan

    familiarissimum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 33.
of persons
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  • Ic ne eom him swǽ hiéwcúð,

    • Past. 62, 6
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  • Ðyses weres híwcúðesta wæs Julianus

    hujus viri familiarissimus fuit Julianus,

    • Gr. D. 71, 11
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of things
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  • Ðeós wyrt ys culfran swíðe híwcúð

    (doves are very fond of this plant),

    þanon hý sum þeódscipe

    columbinam

    háteð,

    • Lch. i. 170, 13
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  • Þone deófol þe sit on þínum hneccan ic þé of ábleów, and se deófol his híwcúðe setl sóna forlét,

    • Hml. S. 31, 1191
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Bosworth, Joseph. “híw-cúþ.” 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/52599.

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