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HÚ

  • adverb
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HÚ, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§130; §166; §266;
How.
in direct questions
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  • Hú mæg man ingán on stranges hús

    quomodo potest quisquam intrare in domum fortis?

    • Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29: 34.

  • Hú ne synt gé sélran ðonne hig

    nonne vos magis plures estis illis?

    • 6, 26: 25.

  • Hú sculon wit nú libban

    how are we to live?

    • Cd. 38
      • ;
    • Th. 50, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 805.
in exclamations [see also I]
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  • Hú la! ne gewearþ unc tó ánum peninge

    how now! was not our agreement for a penny?

    • Th. An. 74, 20.

  • Hú gód is éce God

    quam bonus Deus,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 1.

  • Eálá gǽsta god hú ðú mid noman ryhte nemned wǽre emmanuhel

    oh! God of spirits, how rightly wast thou named by the name of Emmanuel!

    • Exon. 9 b
      • ;
    • Th. 9, 6
      • ;
    • Cri. 130: 11 a
      • ;
    • Th. 14, 8
      • ;
    • Cri. 216.

  • Eálá on hú grimmum and on hú grundleásum seáðe swinceþ ðæt sweorcende mód,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 3, 1, 2
      • ;
    • Met. 3, 1.
in dependent clauses with indic. or subjunct
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  • Nú wundraþ gehwá hú se deófol dorste geneálǽcan tó ðam Hǽlende

    now every one will wonder how the devil durst come near Jesus,

    • Homl. Th. i. 166, 32.

  • Wé gehírdon hú gé ofslógon twegen cynegas Seon and Og

    audivimus quod interfecistis Sehon et Og,

    • Jos. 2, 10.

  • Hí gehýrdon hú seó hálige spræc.

    • Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 23, 37
      • ;
    • Jud. 160.

  • Wé gesáwon hú hé wæs on heofenas ástígende,

    • Nicod. 18
      • ;
    • Thw. 8, 39.

  • Ús secgaþ béc hú ástág in middangeard bearn godes,

    • Exon. 19 a
      • ;
    • Th. 49, 15
      • ;
    • Cri. 786.

  • Ðá angan Thomas his spǽce hú hé com tó Cantuuarebyri and hú se arcebiscop áxode hýrsumnesse at him

    then Thomas began his speech, how he had come to Canterbury, and how the archbishop had demanded obedience from him,

    • Chr. 1070
      • ;
    • Erl. 208, 14.

  • Ðá áxode se cásere ðone ǽnne preóst hú his nama wǽre oððe hú gefyrn hé gelýfde,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 310, 15.

  • Ðá wearþ ðæt mǽden hohful hú heó ǽfre wæras wissian sceolde,

    • Blickl. Swt. 2, 122.

  • Gefada embe hú ðú wylle

    dispose of it how thou wilt,

    • 3, 285.

  • Hycgaþ his ealle hú gé hí beswícen

    consider of it all, how ye may entrap them,

    • Cd. 22
      • ;
    • Th. 28, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 433.

  • Ábídan sceal miclan dómes hú him metod scrífan wille

    must abide the great doom, how the Lord will adjudge to him,

    • Beo. Th. 1962
      • ;
    • B. 979.
with a comparative [cf. þý, swá]
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  • Lufade hine lenge hú geornor,

    • Exon. 34 b
      • ;
    • Th. 110, 18
      • ;
    • Gú. 109.
qualifying, or in combination with, other words
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  • Hú mycel scealt ðú

    quantum debes?

    • Lk. Skt. 16, 5.

  • Hú mycel gód is on gehyrsumnesse and hú mycel yfel on ungehyrsumnysse.

    • Boutr. Scrd. 19, 26.

  • On ðyssere dǽde is geswutelod hú micclum fremige ðære sóðan lufe gebed.

    • Homl. Th. i. 50, 35.

  • Hú micele swíðor

    how much more?

    • 68, 24.

  • On hú manegum wísum is Godes weorc?

    • Boutr. Scrd. 18, 14.

  • Hú fela se hǽlend him dyde

    quanta sibi fecisset ihesus,

    • Mk. Skt. 5, 20.

  • Hú fela sagena hig ongén ðé secgeaþ

    quanta adversum te dicant testimonia,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 13.

  • Hú lange forbere ic eów

    usque quo patiar vos?

    • 17, 17.

  • Hú long tíd

    quantum temporis,

    • Mk. Skt. 9, 21.

  • Be gebróðrum hú gesibbe wíf hig habban móton

    de fratribus quam prope cognatas uxores habere possint,

    • L. Ecg. C
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 130, 8: 13.

  • Hú héh and deóp hell seó,

    • Cd. 228
      • ;
    • Th. 309, 9
      • ;
    • Sat. 707.

  • Witan hú ðú æðele eart,

    • Hy. 3, 14
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn: ii. 281, 14.

  • Mé com swíðe oft on gemynd hú gesǽliglíce tída wǽron giond Angelcynn

    it has often come into my mind what happy times there were in England,

    • Past. Pref. Swt. 3, 4.

  • Ðæt se láreów ðe him tela tǽce him sylf elles hú dó

    that the teacher who teaches him well, himself act otherwise,

    • L. E. I. 21
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 418, 4.

  • Ne meg nú hú ælles beón

    it cannot be otherwise,

    • Shrn. 195, 7.

  • Hú geáres

    according to the time of year,

    • L. M. 2, 34
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 238, 22.

  • Swá hú swá hit gewurde

    however it may have happened,

    • Homl. Th. i. 588, 29.

  • Hí habbaþ æt Gode swá hú swá hí geearniaþ

    they will have from God, in accordance with whatever they merit,

    • ii. 326, 30.
Etymology
[
Laym. Orm. hu
:
A. R. hwu, hu
:
Ayenb. hou
:
Goth. hwé
:
O. Frs. hu, ho
:
O. Sax. hwó
:
O. H. Ger. hweó
, v. Grff. iv. 1193:
Ger. wie.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-hú; hú-meta, -hwega.
Linked entries
v.  hú-lic hú-meta hwu.
Entry information
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Bosworth, Joseph. “HÚ.” 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/19895.

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