hiwung
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxiː.wunɡ/, [ˈhiː.wuŋɡ]
Noun
hīwung f
- shaping, forming
- shape, form, frame (of an object)
- Synonym: ġesċeap
- species, kind
- Synonym: cynn
- transformation
- illusory shape, deceptive appearance
- pretense, trick
- hypocrisy
- false speech
- irony
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hīwung | hīwunga, hīwunge |
| accusative | hīwunge | hīwunga, hīwunge |
| genitive | hīwunge | hīwunga |
| dative | hīwunge | hīwungum |
Derived terms
- gehiwung
- frumhiwung
- mōdes hīwung (“imagination”)
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “híwung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.