hiwen – Old English noun declension

Noun: hiwen
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	hīwen
Plural	hīwenu

Genitive

Singular	hīwenes
Plural	hīwena

Dative

Singular	hīwene
Plural	hīwenum

Accusative

Singular	hīwen
Plural	hīwenu

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like hiwen

hiwen,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *hīw, from Proto-Germanic *hīwą (“husband, wife, spouse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyw-, *ḱeym- (“relative, tribesman”), from *ḱey-.
2. Cognate with Old Saxon hīwa (“wife”), Old High German hīwun (“servant, spouse, members of the family”), Latin cīvis (“burgher, citizen”). More at city. See: Latin Nouns 'cīvis'.