hiw queer

the playing mantis

I though this place was becoming an uninspired yawn fest too.

team47b

hiw...

Old English
Alternative forms
hēow
hīew
hīow

Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hiwją (“shape, form, appearance, blee”), from Proto-Indo-European *kew- (“skin, complexion”). Cognate with Bornholm Danish hy (“complexion”), Gothic (hiwi, “form, appearance”), Old Norse hý (“down of birds”), Swedish hy, Sanskrit [script?] (chavī, “skin, hide, beauty, splendour”).
Noun
hīw n
form, appearance
colour
Declension
Declension of hiw (strong a-stem)
Descendants
English: hue
See also
blēo
dēah

Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *hīwō.
Noun
hīw f
fortune
Declension
Declension of hiw (strong ō-stem)

I may of course, as usual, be over thinking this