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  • Þeáh hit wéne ꝥ hit sylf hwæthwega (-hwuga, v. l.) sí

    si se esse aliquid existimat,

      Gr. D. 8, 22.

  • Hwæthwugu bið betweoh ðǽm irsiendan and ðǽm ungeðyldgan, ðæt is ðæt ...

    in hoc ab impatientibus iracundi differunt, quod ...,

      Past. 293, 15.

  • Ðonne him hwæthwugu wiðstint,

      455, 16.

  • Huoeðer huoðhuoegu (

    aliquid

    ) woere wona?,
      Lk. L. 22, 35.

  • Him biþ hwæshweg (-hwugu,

    v. l.

    ) wana,
      Bt. 34, 1; F. 134, 12.

  • Suǽ hé hwæshwegu hercnade,

      Shrn. 72, 24.

  • Nán gesceaft swá clǽne ne forwyrð, þæt hé tó hwanhwugu ne weorðe,

      Solil. H. 63, 1.

  • Hió wirpð on dæt geðóht hwæthwugu tó begietenne

    adipiscenda quaeque cogitationi objicit,

      Past. 70, 22.

  • Hwæthugu

    aliquid,

      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 66, 1.

  • Hwæthweg (-hwugu,

    v. l.

    ),
      5, 2; Sch. 559, 16.

  • Huothuoegu,

      Jn. L. 13, 29.

  • Hwothwoego (hwæthwugu,

      R, ǽnig þing, W. S.), Mt. L. 5, 23: (ówiht, R., ǽnig þing, W. S.), 24, 17.

  • Huothuoego þ sum ðing,

      21, 3: Lk. L. 7, 40.

  • Huothuogu (hwæthwoegu)

    quid,

      Jn. L. 4, 33.

  • Hwæthwogu

    aliquid,

      Jn. R. 13, 29.

  • Huodhuoge

    quid,

      Mk. L. 15, 24.
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  • Ábiersð hwæthwugu (

    aliquid

    ) út ðæs ðe hé sugian sceolde,
      Past. 165, 15.

  • Hé wilnað hwæshweg (-hwugu,

    v. l.

    ) þæs þe hé þonne næft,
      Bt. 11, 1; F. 34, 1.

  • Hwæshwugu (hwæthweg, v. l.) þisses woruldwelan wilnian

    aliquid pascere,

      26, 2; F. 94, 3.

  • Þú scealt habban hwæthweg (-hwugu, v. l.) wiþerweardes

    per aspera quaeque distractus,

      32, 1; F. 114, 19.

  • Hwæthwugu swilces

    tale aliquid,

      Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 11.

  • Hwæthwugu stiórwierðes,

      Past. 194, 3: 147, 1: 171, 25.

  • Hwæthwugu þæs þe ic beþorfte,

      Solil. H. 1, 7.
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  • ꝥte ne yfles ðé huodhuoegu blimpe

    ne deterius te aliquid contingat,

      Jn. L. 5, 14.

  • Gif mon medmycles hwæthwega (

    exigui quid

    ) deóflum onsægð,
      Ll. Th. ii. 156, 15.

  • Swá ꝥ hé hire hwæthwegu nabbe on his Móde,

      Bt. 35, 1; F. 154, 31.
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  • Lytles hwæthwegu underfón þæs þe ic hider bróhte,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 712.
with an adjective,
following, something (
good)
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  • Tó þon ꝥ hé him forgeáfe hwæthwega (-hugu, v. l.) getǽse (sume getǽse hýððe, v. l.) his gewinnes

    ei laboris sui commodum dedit,

      Gr. D. 39, 27.

  • Manige men beforan óþrum mannum hwæthugu gód begangaþ, Bl. H. 57, 2. (a α) with an adjective clause :-- Habbað gié her huoethuoego ꝥte étlic sé?

    habetis hie aliquid quod manducetur?,

      Lk. L. 24, 41.
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  • ꝥte ne wyrse ðé huodhuoegu blimpe

    ne deterius tibi aliquid contigat,

      Jn. L. 5, 14.

  • Lyttel hothuoego

    modicum quid,

      Jn. L. 6, 7.
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  • Seó cyrice hwæthwugu fæc (sum fæc, v. l.) sibbe hæfde

    ecclesia aliquantulam ... pacem habuerit,

      Bd. 1, 8; Sch. 28, 3.

  • On hwæthwuga fata (

    g. pl.? or acc. pl.?) (hwylchwugu fatu, v. l. in uasa quaelibet )

    gehíwod,
      3, 22; Sch. 291, 6.
  • In the two following passages hwæthwegu seems adjective, but perhaps should be considered as adverb and the passages put under
v. Gr. D. 88, 23
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  • Hit nis éce gifu ..., ac is hwæthwegu (hwilc-,

    v. l.

    ) eldung,
      Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 17.

  • Hæfde ic þágét hwæthwega (hwilc-, v. l.) gemynd on mínum móde þǽre unrótnesse

    ego nondum penitus moeroris oblitus,

      36, 1; F. 170, 26.
as adverb.
somewhat
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  • Wæs seó súðduru hwæthwega háde máre,

      Bl. H. 201, 15.

  • Se Wísdóm ... mín geþóht hwæthwegu (-hwugu,

    v. l.

    ) úp árǽrde,
      Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 26.

  • Mín lár hwæthwugu ingǽð on þín ondgit,

      13; F. 36, 33.

  • Him hwæthwugu sió sóðfæsðnes on geeácnod bið

    jam aliquid de veritatis intellectu conceperant,

      Past. 367, 17.

  • Hé gedyde hwylcehugu (hwæthwega) yldinge

    paululum moram fecit,

      Gr. D. 88, 23.
almost. v. hú-hwega
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  • Forneáh ł hwæthwega hí fordydon mé

    paulo minus consummauerunt me,

      Ps. L. 118, 87.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hwæt-hwega.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/53476.

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