hiewere

Old English

Alternative forms

• hīwere

Etymology

By surface analysis, hīew (“shape, form”) +‎ -ere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxi͜yː.we.re/, [ˈhi͜yː.we.re]

Noun

hīewere m

1. pretender, decoy, fabricator

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hīewere	hīeweras
accusative	hīewere	hīeweras
genitive	hīeweres	hīewera
dative	hīewere	hīewerum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “híwere”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.