gehiwian

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ġehīƿian wynn spelling

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈxiː.wi.ɑn/, [jeˈhiː.wi.ɑn]

Etymology 1

From ġe- + hīwian.

Verb

ġehīwian

  1. 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
  2. to color, to paint
    Ġezabel ġehīwode hire ēaġan mid rude
    Jezabel painted her eyes with rouge
  3. to feign, to pretend (+ reflexive), to represent
    Ðēah ðe he hit swā ġehiwiġe
    Though he may so pretend
    Ġehīwod sprǣċ
    Tropology
  4. to imagine
    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
  • ġeedhīwian (to reform, conform)
  • oferhīwian (transfigure)
  • twihīwian (dissimulate)
  • ġehīwendlīc (figurative, allegorical)
Descendants
  • Middle English: ȝehywen, ihiwen

Etymology 2

From ġe- + hīwian.

Verb

ġehīwian

  1. 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
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