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hwat

  • noun [ neuter ]
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hwat, es; n.
Augury, divination
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  • Ne gímon hwata ne swefna

    non augurabimini nec observabitis somnia,

    • Lev. 19, 26.
  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc forbeóde hwata and galdra

    we enjoin that every priest forbid auguries and incantations,

    • L. Edg. C. 16
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 248, 3.
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v. hwatung.
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v.  hwatung.
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  • hwat, n.