hwem
- noun [ masculine ]
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Hwæt fremaþ ðære burhware ðeáh ðe ðæt port beo trumlíce on ǽlce healfe getimbrod gif ðǽr biþ án hwem open forlǽten ðæt se onwinnenda here þurh ðam infær hæbbe
what does it avail the citizens, though the town be firmly built on every side, if a corner be left open, so that the assailing host may have entrance through it?
- Homl. Th. ii. 432, 4.
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Hwæm
angulus
- Ps. Spl. T. 117, 21.
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Ða feówer hwemmas ealles middangeardes
the four corners of the whole world,
- Homl. Th. i. 130, 21 :
- ii. 252, 3 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “hwem.” 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/20116.
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