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hwer

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hwer, es; m.
A kettle, pot, basin, caldron, cooking-vessel
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  • Hwer

    lebes;

  • cyperenhwer

    cucuma,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 26
      • ;
    • Som. 60, 84, 83
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 25, 24, 23
      • .

  • Moab mínes hyhtes hwer

    Moab olla spei meæ,

    • Ps. Th. 59, 7.

  • Ðá hét se cásere meltan on hwere leád and pic and hé hét ðone cniht on ðæs hweres welm ásetton

    the emperor ordered lead and pitch to be melted in a caldron, and ordered the young man to be put into the boiling of the caldron,

    • Shrn. 91, 7
      • .

  • Áwyl ða wyrte on hwere

    boil the plants in a pot,

    • L. M. 1, 32
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 76, 18
      • .

  • Ǽnne sylfrene hwer on v pundon

    a silver basin of five pounds,

    • Chart. Th. 558, 35.

  • Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan and hé clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig

    pots and pans had been put in there, and he embraced the pots and kissed the pans, so that he was all black and sooty,

    • Shrn. 69, 27, 30
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. hverr a caldron, boiler; hverna a pan, basin.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hwer.” 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/20132.

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