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adjectival.
of extent, degree, little, some, not much or
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  • Hé spræc gelícost ðǽm ðe hit hwelchwugu syn wǽre

    culpa quippe esse innuitur

    , Past
      397, 28.

  • Hit nis éce gifu . . . ac is hwilchwugu eldcung,

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

  • Þæt forneáh náht tó láfe ne wunode búton hwylchugu lytel ele

    ut pene nihil nisi parum quid olei remaneret

    ,
      Gr. D. 159, 9.

  • Of hwylcumhugu dǽle,

      Bl. H. 103, 17.

  • Hé gedyde hwylcehueu (sume lytle, v. l.) yldinge

    paululum moram fecit

    ,
      Gr. D. 88, 23.

  • Hæfde ic þá giét hwylchwugu gemynd þǽre unrótnesse

    ego nondum penitus moeroris oblitus

    ,
      Bt. 36, l; F. 170, 26.

  • Þæs flǽsces hwylcnehwugu dǽl,

      Hml. A. 205, 345.
of number,
some, a few
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  • Wé magan hwylcumhwega wordum secggan be ðǽre gebyrdo. . . Sancte Martines,

      Bl. H. 211, 12.

  • Hwylcumhwego,

      115, 28.

  • Hé hí hwylcehwugu (-hugu ; feáwa, v. ll. ) dagas mid him gehæfde

    eos aliquot diebus secum retinuit

    ,
      Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 601, 8.
with indefinite force,
some, any
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  • Sum hálig man hwylchugu (-hwugu,

    v. l.) sanktus uir aliquis

    .
      Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 6.

  • In hwylcnmhugu ánnm þinge

    in una qualibet re

    ,
      Gr. D. 41, 17.

  • Cweð bwylchugu (sum,

    v. l) word dicito aliquod uerbum, 5, 2 ; Sch. 558, 16. ꝥ hé Angelþeóde onsende hwylce-hugu (sume, v. l aliquos )

    láreówas,
      2, I ; Sch. 111, 15.

  • On hwilchugu (hwylchwugu, v. l.) fatu gehíwd

    in uasa quaelibet formatus

    ,
      3, 22; Sch. 291, 6.

  • Hwelchugu word (sume þing,

    v. l. aliqua

    ) ic wille gerec-cean.
      Gr. D. 23, 14.
substantival.
alone,
anything, something
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  • Gíwude huelchuoegu (hwæthwugu, R. , sum þingc, W. S.,

    aliquid

    ) from him,
      Mt. L. 20, 20.

  • Huoelchuoego (áht,

      W. S.), Mk. L. 8, 23: Lk. L. II. 54.

  • Hwelchwoego,

      Mt. p. l, 9.
with gen.
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  • Of Nazareth maege huelchuoegu gódes (ænig þing gódes, W. S.) wosa

    a Nazareth palest aliquid boni esse

    ,
      Jn. L. l, 46. See next word.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hwilc-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/53579.

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