gehiwian
Old English
Alternative forms
- ġehīƿian – wynn spelling
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeˈxiː.wi.ɑn/, [jeˈhiː.wi.ɑn]
Verb
ġehīwian
- to form, fashion, shape, transform, transfigure
- Sīo godcunde fōreteohhung eall þing ġehīwaþ
- the divine predestination fashions everything
- He wæs ġehīwod befōran him
- He was transfigured before him
- to color, to paint
- Ġezabel ġehīwode hire ēaġan mid rude
- Jezabel painted her eyes with rouge
- to feign, to pretend (+ reflexive), to represent
- Ðēah ðe he hit swā ġehiwiġe
- Though he may so pretend
- Ġehīwod sprǣċ
- Tropology
- to imagine
- Hē ġehīwode on mōde þæt ġedwimor and hellegāstas him nihtes ġecumene hæfdon
- He imagined that apparitions and infernal ghosts had come to him at night
Conjugation
Conjugation of ġehīwian (weak class 2)
infinitive | ġehīwian | ġehīwienne |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | ġehīwiġe | ġehīwode |
2nd-person singular | ġehīwast | ġehīwodest |
3rd-person singular | ġehīwaþ | ġehīwode |
plural | ġehīwiaþ | ġehīwodon |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | ġehīwiġe | ġehīwode |
plural | ġehīwiġen | ġehīwoden |
imperative | ||
singular | ġehīwa | |
plural | ġehīwiaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġehīwiende | ġehīwod |
Related terms
- ġeedhīwian (“to reform, conform”)
- oferhīwian (“transfigure”)
- twihīwian (“dissimulate”)
- ġehīwendlīc (“figurative, allegorical”)
Descendants
- Middle English: ȝehywen, ihiwen
Verb
ġehīwian
- to marry
- Forðæm hit is awriten ðæt hit sīe betere ðæt mon ġehiewige ðonne he birne, forðæm būtan synne he mæġ ġehīwian
- For it is written that it is better that one marry than to burn, because he may marry without sin
Conjugation
Conjugation of ġehīwian (weak class 2)
infinitive | ġehīwian | ġehīwienne |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | ġehīwiġe | ġehīwode |
2nd-person singular | ġehīwast | ġehīwodest |
3rd-person singular | ġehīwaþ | ġehīwode |
plural | ġehīwiaþ | ġehīwodon |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | ġehīwiġe | ġehīwode |
plural | ġehīwiġen | ġehīwoden |
imperative | ||
singular | ġehīwa | |
plural | ġehīwiaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġehīwiende | ġehīwod |
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