oþiewan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ōþēwan, ōþēawan, ōþēowan, ōþȳwan

Etymology

ōþ- +‎ īewan (“to show, appear”)

Verb

ōþīewan

1. to show oneself, appear
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCLXXVIII Hēr oþiewede comēta se steorra ⁊ Wilfriþ bisċop wæs ādrifen of his bisċ.dōme from Eċġferþe cyninge..

     Year 678 In this year the comet star appeared and Bishop Wilfriþ was expelled from his bishopdom by King Ecgfrith.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ōþīewan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ōþīewan	ōþīewenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ōþīewe	ōþīewde
second person singular	ōþīewest, ōþīewst	ōþīewdest
third person singular	ōþīeweþ, ōþīewþ	ōþīewde
plural	ōþīewaþ	ōþīewdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ōþīewe	ōþīewde
plural	ōþīewen	ōþīewden
imperative
singular	ōþīew
plural	ōþīewaþ
participle	present	past
	ōþīewende	ōþīewed

References

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