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hwæt

  • adjective
  • interjection
  • pronoun
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Grammar
hwæt, neut. of hwá, used as an adv. or interj.
Wright's OE grammar
§20; §54; §211; §298; §425; §469;
Why, what! ah!
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  • Be ðæs folces heringe ic nát hwæt wé ðæs fægniaþ

    as regards popular applause, I know not why we rejoice at it,

    • Bt. 30, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 108, 22
    • .
  • Hwæt befealdest ðú folmum ðínum bróðor ðínne

    why hast thou felled thy brother with thy hands?

    • Cd. 48
    • ;
    • Th. 62, 6
    • ;
    • Gen. 1010
    • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1257
    • ;
    • An. 629
    • .
  • Hwæt ðú leóda feala forleólce and forlǽrdest

    how many people hast thou deceived and seduced!

    • 2726
    • ;
    • An. 1365
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 1064
    • ;
    • B. 530
    • .
  • Hwæt iudas hét ðá settan ðæt líc

    ah! then Judas bade them put down the body,

    • H. R. 13, 26
    • .
  • Hwæt mé ðín hand ðyder lǽdeþ

    etenim illuc manus tua deducet me,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 8
    • .
  • Hwæt ðá Sem and Jafeth dydon ánne hwítel on hira sculdra

    at vero Sem et Japheth pallium imposuerunt humeris suis,

    • Gen. 9, 23
    • .
  • Hwæt ðú éce God

    O! thou eternal God,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 7
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 4
    • :
    • 20, 92
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 46
    • .
  • Hwæt ðú eart se sylfa God ðe ús ádrife fram dóme

    nonne tu Deus qui repulisti nos?

    • Ps. Th. 107, 10
    • .
  • Hwæt wé nú gehýraþ

    ah! now we learn,

    • Cd. 45
    • ;
    • Th. 57, 36
    • ;
    • Gen. 939
    • .
  • Hwæt wé gefrunon twelfe tíreádige hæleþ

    lo! we have heard of twelve glorious heroes,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1
    • ;
    • An. 1
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 1
    • ;
    • B. 1
    • :
    • Cd. 143
    • ;
    • Th. 177, 27
    • ;
    • Exod. 1
    • :
    • Rood Kmbl. 1
    • ;
    • Kr. 1
    • .
  • Eá lá hwæt!

    • Bt. Met. 4, 49
    • ;
    • Met. 4, 25
    • .
Etymology
[
So O. Sax. hwat
:
Icel. hvat
:
O. H. Ger. waz cur, quid, quare.
]
Similar entries
v. hwá, hú.
Linked entries
v.  hwet hwá hwata hwilc-hwega.
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  • hwæt, adj.; int.; pronoun.