v. Obs. Forms: 1 ætéawan, ætéowan, ætíewan, ætýwan, (ædeawan, odeawan, oðíewan,) 2 atywen, -ewen, -eawen, -awen. [f. AT- pref.1 + éawan (íewan, etc.) to show; cogn. w. Goth. ataugjan, f. at at, to + augjan f. augo in OE. éaʓe eye; ætíewan, with umlaut, was the regular form phonetically.]
1. trans. (and with obj. clause) To show.
a. 1000. Cædmon’s Gen. (Gr.), 540. Þu oðiewest.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xvi. 1. Þæt he him sum tacen of heofone ætywde [Lindisf. ædeawde, Hatton æteawde].
1154. O. E. Chron., an. 1137, § 7. Ure Dryhten atywede ðæt he was hali martir.
c. 1175. Cott. Hom., 225. Þanne bið atáwed min rén boȝe.
2. intr. (for refl.) To show oneself, appear.
a. 1000. Elene (Gr.), 163. His béacen … þe me swá léoht oðýwde.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. ii. 13. Þá ætýwde Drihtnes engel Iosepe [Lindisf. ætdeaude, Rushw. æteawde].
c. 1160. Hatton G., ibid. Þa atewede Drihtnes engel Iosepe.
