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hwæl

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hwæl, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §233; §325; §336;
A whale
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  • Hwæl

    balena

    vel

    cete

    vel

    cetus

    vel

    pistrix,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 101
      • ;
    • Som. 77, 54
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 55, 57.

  • Hwæl

    cætus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 8
      • ;
    • Som. 7, 31.

  • Se hwæl biþ micle læssa ðonne óðre hwalas

    the walrus is much less than other whales,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 18, 3.

  • On ðæs hwæles innoþe

    in venire ceti,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 12, 40.

  • Hwæles éðel

    the sea,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 548
      • ;
    • An. 274
      • :
    • Exon. 82 a
      • ;
    • Th. 309, 20
      • ;
    • Seef. 60
      • :
    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • Erl. 126, 22
      • ;
    • Edg. 48.

  • Bí ðam miclan hwale

    concerning the great whale,

    • Exon. 96 b
      • ;
    • Th. 360, 10
      • ;
    • Wal. 3.

  • God ðá gegearcode ǽnne hwæl and hé forswealh ðone wítegan,

    • Homl. Th. i. 246, 12.

  • Wilt ðú fón sumne hwæl? Nic. For hwi? Forðam plyhtlíc þingc hit ys gefón hwæl

    vis capere aliquem cetum? Nolo. Quare? Quia periculosa res est capere cetum,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 15-22.

  • Hé gesceóp ða micclan hwalas,

    • Lchdm. iii. 234, 12.
Etymology
[
Icel. hvalr
:
O. H. Ger. wal balæna, cetus, Grff: i. 839.
]
Similar entries
v. hors-hwæl.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hwæl.” 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/20037.

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