Old English · noun
hiewere
Normalised hīewere
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong ja-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxi͜yː.we.re/[ˈhi͜yː.we.re]
- Syllables
- ˈxi͜yː · we · re (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- pretenderfabricatordecoy
Meaning
-
pretender, decoy, fabricator
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
By surface analysis, hīew (“shape, form”) + -ere.
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