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Hwít-ern

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
Hwít-ern, es; n.
Whitherne in Galloway
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  • His mynster is æt Hwíterne,

    • Chr. 565
    • ;
    • Erl. 19, 7
    • .
Etymology
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Cf. Bd. 3, 4 Qui locus ad provinciam Berniciorum pertinens, vulgo vocatur Ad candidam casam, eo quod ibi ecclesiam de lapide, insolito Brittonibus more fecerit.
See also 5, 23.
On ðære stowe ðe is gecíged æt Hwítan earne quæ candida casa vocatur, S. 646, 31.
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