hiare

hiare [CL] 1 to gape open; b (w. mouth or sim. as subj.). c (pr. ppl. as sb. n.) gap. ut ‥ pro aperto et hiante vulnere cum quo sepulta erat, tenuissima tunc cicatricis vestigia parerent Bede HE IV 17 p. 245; finduntur et fortes petrae / hiantur Id. Hymn. 5. 8; valvas repetivit hiantes Frith. 1108; hyo, to galpe WW. b canis rabidi, qui fauce tabescit hianti Wulf. Swith. II 870; gula yante Garl. Dict. 126 (v. attaminare 2a); potare cupiens os hians offero Walt. Wimb. Carm. 142. c obsecro ut ‥ vertas michi tuum otium in ‥ negotium, resecando hinc superflua, supplendo hiantia Abbo Edm. pref.. 2 (w. pers. subj.) to open one’s mouth, be agape. b (w. dat.) to pant for. hiare, oscitare, ringere, gynian GlP 196; homo hians Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 276; inhians [gl.: hio, i. os aperire] J. Furness Kentig. 24 p. 202; si videres aperte coram te stare et late hyare [ME: ȝeonen] super te diabolum AncrR 89. b qui os suum aperientes Deo hiant Rolle IA 172. 3 (trans.) to utter w. a yawn. c1200 hiabat kyrios (v. cyrius b).

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