hiew

Meaning

1. form, appearance, likeness

   ...nā besēoh þū on wīfes hīw...

   ...do not look at a woman's appearance...

   Early 11th c., Defensor's translation of Liber Scintillarum

2. form, character

   Ġif ðū leornian wille hū þæt ġewurðan mæġe, þonne undernim ðū leorning-cnihtes hīw, þæt þū ðās ġerȳnu leornian mæġe.

   If you wish to learn how that can be, then undertake the character of a disciple (literally “of a learning-boy”), to be able to learn this mystery.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"

3. shape

4. color

   Þǣr beoð akende ǣmættan swā miċle swā hundas. Hī habbað fēt swylċe græshoppan, hī syndon rēades hīwes ⁊ blaces. Þā ǣmettan delfað gold up of eorðan fram foran nihte ōþ þa fīftan tīd dæġes.

   Ants are born there as big as dogs. They have feet like grasshoppers, and are red and black in color. The ants dig gold up from the earth from before the night until the fifth hour of the day.

   Wonders of the East

Declension