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HWÍT

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HWÍT, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §243; §260; §298; §325; §426;
WHITE, bright, clear, fair, splendid
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  • Hwít

    albus; amineus vel albus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 79
    • ;
    • Som. 72, 71-2
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 46, 28-9
    • .
  • His reáf hwít scínende

    vestitus ejus albus refulgens,

    • Lk. Skt. 9, 29.
  • Wlitescýne hwít and hiwbeorht hæleþa náthwylc

    some man beauteous, shining and bright of hue,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 145
    • ;
    • El. 73.
  • Hwít heard stán

    creta vel cimolia,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 56
    • ;
    • Som. 67, 40
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 37, 29
    • .
  • Se hwíta stán mæg wið stice

    the white stone is effective against stitch,

    • L. M. 2, 64
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 290, 9
    • .
  • Se hwíta helm

    the shining helm,

    • Beo. Th. 2900
    • ;
    • B. 1448
    • .
  • Ðú ne miht ǽnne locc gedón hwítne oððe blacne

    non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 5, 36.
  • Hæfde hé hine swá hwítne geworhtne gelíc wæs hé ðám leóhtum steorrum

    so splendid had he formed him he was like the bright stars,

    • Cd. 14
    • ;
    • Th. 17, 4
    • ;
    • Gen. 254
    • .
  • Leóht hwít

    clear light,

    • 29
    • ;
    • Th. 38, 33
    • ;
    • Gen. 616.
  • Ðone hwítan hláf

    panem nitidum,

    • Bd. 2, 5
    • ;
    • S. 507, 14
    • .
  • Fæst ǽlce dæge and forgang hwít

    jejuna quotidie et abstine te ab alba,

    • L. Ecg. C. prm
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 132, 5
    • .
  • Gedó æges hwít

    add white of egg,

    • L. M. 3, 59
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 342, 18
    • .
  • Dó æges ðæt hwíte tó,

    • 1, 13
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 56, 6
    • :
    • 25
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 66, 21
    • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 40, 27
    • .
  • His reáf wǽron swá hwíte swá snáw

    vestimenta ejus facta sunt alba sicut nix,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 17, 2.
  • Ða scíran dagas hwítan

    the clear bright days,

    • L. M. 2, 41
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 252, 10.
  • Hwíte metas

    lacticinia

    [cf. Icel. hvitr matr milk, curds, etc. opposed to flesh],
      Lye.
  • Wǽron on ðyssum felda unríme gesomnunge hwíttra manna and fægera

    erant in hoc campo innumera homimim albatorum conventicula.

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 629, 25.
  • Engla and deófla, beorhtra and blacra, hwítra and sweartra,

    • Exon. 21 a
    • ;
    • Th. 56, 9
    • ;
    • Cri. 898
    • .
  • Hire þuhte hwítre heofon and eorþe

    heaven and earth seemed brighter to her,

    • Cd. 29
    • ;
    • Th. 38, 7
    • ;
    • Gen. 603
    • .
  • Engla scýnost and hwíttost

    most beautiful and most splendid of angels,

    • 18
    • ;
    • Th. 22, 11
    • ;
    • Gen. 339
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. hweits
:
O. Sax. O. Frs. hwít
:
Icel. hvítr
:
O. H. Ger. hwíz albns, candidus, lacteus
:
Ger. weiss.
]
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v. eall-, geolu-, healf-, snáw-hwít.
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