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in-híwan

  • noun
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in-híwan, -hígan ; pl.
Members of a household, of a convent, domestics
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  • Gif gesíþcund mon þingaþ wið cyning for his inhíwum

    if a 'gesithcund' man make terms with the king for his household,

    • L. In. 50
    • ;
    • Th. i. 134, 3
    • .
  • Ǽlce gǽre áne dægfeorme inhiowum

    every year one day's provision for the members of the convent,

    • Chart, Th. 509, 14
    • .
  • Gie aron inhígo godes

    estis domestici Dei,

    • Rtl. 82, 33.
Etymology
[Cf. Al mi nestfalde cun beoð me meast feondes and mine inhinen alre meast hearmen, Jul. 33, 5.]
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v. híwan.
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v.  in-híréd.
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  • in-híwan, n.