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hwéne

  • adverb
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Grammar
hwéne, hwǽne [ = hwoene]; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§557;
A little, somewhat
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  • Hwéne ǽr

    a little before,

    • Bt. 23
    • ;
    • Fox 78, 27.
  • Hwéne ǽror,

    • Homl. Th. i. 358, 24.
  • Hwéne wíddre ðonne bydenfæt

    somewhat wider than a bushel measure,

    • Blickl. Homl. 127, 6.
  • Hwéne rúmedlícor

    paulo latius,

    • Past. 12
    • ;
    • Swt. 75, 17
    • .
  • Nioþor hwéne

    somewhat lower,

    • Beo. Th. 5392
    • ;
    • B. 2699
    • .
  • Hwǽne heardor and strangor

    paulo districtius,

    • Bd. 1, 27
    • ;
    • S. 490, 12
    • .
  • Hwǽne ǽr,

    • Shrn. 50, 13
    • .
  • Hwǽne gangende

    progressus pusillum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 39
    • .
  • Hwoene læssan

    paulo minus,

    • Ps. Stev. 8, 6
    • .
Etymology
[
In Cumberland Dialect wheen, whun a few
:
Scot. quheyne few; quhene a small number; wheen a number.
]
Similar entries
v. hwón.
Linked entries
v.  hwǽne.
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  • hwéne, adv.