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hwiða

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hwiða, hweoða, an; m: hweoðu, e; f.
A breeze
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  • Hwiða oððe weder

    aura,

    • Wrt. Voc. 76, 43
    • :
    • Ælfc. Gl. 94
    • ;
    • Som. 75, 109
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 53, 59
    • .
  • Hwioðan oððe oreþe

    aura ,

      ii. 6, 56.
  • Ǽlc hwiða windes

    every breath of wind,

    • Past. 42, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 306, 6
    • .
  • Hé ýste mæg eáðe oncyrran ðæt hí windes hweoðu weorþeþ smylte

    statuit procellam in auram,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 29.
  • On lyftu ł tó hwiðan ł tó wedere

    in auram,

    • Ps. Lamb. 106, 28
    • .
  • On lyfte [MS. C. wedyre ł hweoðan],

    • Ps. Spl. 106, 29.
Etymology
[
Icel. hviða a squall of wind.
]
Linked entries
v.  hweoða hweoðerian hwioð.
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  • hwiða, n.