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Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0538, entry 15
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hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n. Shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty :-- Hiw species, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 45; Wrt. Voc. 42, 53. Hiw figura, scema, specimen, forma, species, Ælfc. Gr. 2: 9: 14; Som. 2, 45, 46: 8, 22: 9, 31: 17, 19, 20. Hiw figmentum, Blickl. Gl. Ðeós gerýnu is wedd and hiw this mystery is a pledge and a symbol, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 60. S
de hwylc ðæs biscopes hiw w
re effigiem ejusdem Paulini referre esset solitus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 32: Andr. Kmbl. 7449; An. 725. Heó is on onsýne útan yfeles heowes outside it is in appearance of a very poor kind, Blickl. Homl. 197, 11. Seó is brúnes heowes it is of a brown colour, 73, 22. Ánes hiwes uniformis, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 42. Hwælan hiwes of a whale's shape, Salm. Kmbl. 527; Sal. 263. Æt ánes heowes cý from a cow all of one colour, Lchdm. iii. 24, 13. Hiwes binotene bereft of their [angelic] form, Exon. 45 b; Th. 156, 10; Gú. 872. On óðfum hiwe in alia effigie, Mk. Skt. 16, 12. Hí ealle wurdon áwende of ðam fægeran hiwe ðe hí on gesceapene w
ron tó láðlícum deóflum they were all changed from the fair form in which they were created to loathly devils, Homl. Th. i. 10, 30. On næddran hiwe in the form of a serpent, 16, 32: 104, 23. On fýres hiwe like as of fire, 232, 15. On cuman hiwe as a guest, ii. 96, 35. Heowe, Blickl. Homl. 235, 29. Æfter his hiwe secundum speciem suam, Gen. 1, 12. Ðú eart wlitig on hiwe pulchra sis mulier, 12, 11. Siððan heó wunode mid f
mnum on hira hiwe afterwards she lived with women as a woman, Shrn. 31, 16: 52, 24. Se sunn onféng mennisc hiw the son took the form of a man, Nar. 39, 23: Exon. 18 b; Th. 45, 19; Cri. 721: 46 a; Th. 156, 28; Gú. 881. Heó, Elen. Kmbl. 12; El. 6. Tócnáwan heofones hiw faciem cæli dijudicare, Mt. Kmbl 16, 3. Scínende hiow and gew
du shining face and garments, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 18. Nú berþ Petrus ðæt hiw oððe getácnunge ðære hálgan gelaþunge Peter is now the figure or symbol of the holy church, 390, 14: 406, 11. Weorþeþ sunne on blódes hiw the sun shall become the colour of blood, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 15; Cri. 936. Hiw decorem, Ps. Spl. C. 44, 13. Gimmas hwíte and reáde and hiwa gehwæs gems, white and red and of every hue, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 46; Met. 19, 23: Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 31; Pa. 20. Behealdaþ eów wið leásum wítegum ðe tó eów cumaþ on sceápa hiwum take heed of false prophets that come to you as sheep, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 4. On mistlícum and mænigfealdum hiwum of divers and manifold forms, Lchdm. iii. 234, 13. [Goth. hiwi form.] v. feala-, scín-hiw.
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hiw shape. l. híw, and add: I. of material things. (1) form, shape, figure :-- 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. (1 a) a figure :-- Hé geseah ealra wihta ... híw in cuman variorum monstrorum diversas figuras introire prospicit, Guth. Gr. 139, 4: 140, 4. (1 b) a form, shape, something formed by carving, writing, &c. :-- 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. (2) appearance, aspect :-- 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
r hié sylfe gefrætwodan, Bl. H. 95, 24. (2 a) beautiful appearance, beauty :-- Gréne stondað gehroden ... beorhtast bearwa. Nó gebrocen weorðeð holt on híwe, Ph. 81. (3) colour :-- 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. (4) form, kind, nature, character :-- Ðá ælðeódegan weras ðe on cuman híwe him mid wunedon (peregrines viros in hospitalitatem receptos, Gr. D. iv. 14), Hml. Th. ii. 96, 35. Sé þe wæs on Godes híwe onféng
híw úre týddran gecynde, Bl. H. 29, 3. Undernim ðú leorningcnihtes híw,
þú ðás gerýnu leornian mæge, Hml. Th. i. 590, 21. In monnes híw, Cri. 657. In cildes híw, 725. Eom ic þára twelfa sum þe hé getreóweste under monnes híw móde gelufode, Gú. 682. II. form of non-material things. (1) of speech, (a) technical grammatical terms :-- 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 lédenspr
ce, hú heó betst gelógod beó, 295, 4: Angl. viii. 331, 2. (b) in a more general sense, formula, form of words :-- Híwum (praedictis exemplorum) formulis, An. Ox. 79. Ná beseah on sp
ce heów leáse non respexit in insanias falsas, Ps. Rdr. 39, 5. (2) of abstractions, form, type, model, appearance that shews evidence of a quality :-- M
þhades híwe
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