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

Declension of hiwung (strong ō-stem)

Case	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 and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “híwung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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