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híwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to form, give shape to
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to shape an object.
material
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non-material
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to give form to what is unreal, cause an illusion:
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to shape in the mind (falsely), fabricate.
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v. híwere; I.
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to change the form of an object to that of another in order to deceive
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to make an object appear other than it really is.
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híwian, swilce ...
to make appear, as if ...
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to assume an appearance or character that does not belong to the subject, to feign
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to make as if:
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with clause:
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to dissemble
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to show figuratively
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v. be-híwian, geed-híwian, ofer-híwian, twi-híwian; un-híwed.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “híwian.” 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/52617.

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