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húru

  • adverb
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húru, adv.
At least, at all events, at any rate, in any case, however, even, yet, only, indeed, certainly, especially
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  • Húru gif ic hæfde ǽnne penig

    saltim si haberem unum denarium,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 44
    • ;
    • Som. 46, 35.
  • Húru nú hæfþ mín heáfod uppáhafen ofer míne fýnd

    nunc autem exaltavit caput meum super inimicos meos,

    • Ps. 26, 7.
  • Ðæt ic húru underfó sum fóstercild of hyre

    si forte saltem ex illa suscipiam filios,

    • Gen. 16, 2.
  • Beó ðú húru gehyrt

    tu tantum confortare,

    • Jos. 1, 18, 17.
  • Húru ðæt hig ofer niht ðǽron ne wunigon

    ita saltem ut non per noctem ibi restent,

    • L. Ecg. C. 39
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 164, 2.
  • Óðre lytle fugelas sind læssan ðonne heó sý and hwæðere hí ofsleáþ sum þing húru ðás fleógan

    other little birds are less than it [the dove] is, and yet they kill something, at any rate these flies,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 46, 17.
  • Woldon hine habban húru swá deádne

    they would have him when he was dead at any rate,

    • 518, 23.
  • Húru fífténe míla brád

    at least fifteen miles broad,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 20, 8.
  • Ðæt hé húru þreó þing ðananforþ healdan wille,

    • L. Eth. v. 6
    • ;
    • Th. i. 306, 8
    • :
    • L. C. E. 19
    • ;
    • Th. i. 370, 33.
  • Be emnihte oððe húru be ealra hálgena mæssan

    by the equinox or in any case by Allhallows' mass,

    • L. Eth. ix. 9
    • ;
    • Th. i. 342, 22.
  • Eallum cristenum gebyreþ ðæt hí riht lufian and húru [

    certainly

    ] gehádode men scylon á riht rǽran,
    • L. I. P. 7
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 312, 34.
  • Húru hit wyrþ ðonne egeslíc,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 104, 5.
  • Gif hit on ǽnegum men ǽnige hwíle fæstlíce wunaþ se deáþ hit húru áfirreþ,

    • Bt. 8
    • ;
    • Fox 26, 4.
  • Ðæt deáh tó ǽlcum and húru tó deópun dolgum

    it is good for all, and especially for deep wounds,

    • L. M. 1, 45
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 114, 1.
  • Ðæt man cristene men and unforworhte of earde ne sylle ne húru on hǽðene leóde

    certainly not to a heathen nation,

    • L. Eth. v. 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 304, 15.
  • Heora eáþmetto ne mihton náuht forstandan ne húru heora ofermetta

    their humility could not avail aught, and certainly not their pride,

    • Bt. 29, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 104, 34.
Etymology
[
A.R. hure.
]
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v.  híru.
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