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þ
ū
senthīw
ADJ
shifty
(literally thousand-hued)
Attested in
Aelfric's Colloquy 2
("þūsenthīwe")
Inflected forms
þūsenthīwe
"shifty
.m.nom.pl
" (
oe-adj-strong-nom-pl-m
)
Compound:
þusend
"thousand" +
hīw
"form, appearance, likeness"