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Old English
Etymology
From æt- + īewan.
Pronunciation
Verb
ætīewan
- (intransitive) to appear
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Æfter þisum ġebede, bærst ūt of heofonum swȳþe fǣrlīċ fȳr and forbernde þæt templ, and ealle þā godas grundlunga suncon intō þǣre eorþan, and ne ætēowdon siþþan.- After this prayer, a very sudden fire burst out of the heavens and burned up the temple, and all the gods sunk completely into the earth, and have not appeared since.
Iċ āwrīte þā ġeþōhtas þe on mīnum mōde ætīewaþ.- I'm writing down the thoughts that appear in my mind.
- (transitive) to show, reveal
Usage notes
- The un-i-mutated spelling ætēowan seems to have been preferred for the intransitive sense of the verb, while the i-mutated forms (ætīewan, ætȳwan, and ætīwan) are more commonly attested for the transitive sense. However, this is only a generalisation.
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