hwer-hwette
- noun [ feminine ]
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Hwerhwette
cucumber,
- Ælfc. Gl. 40 ;
- Som. 63, 99 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 30, 47 .
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Hwerwette,
- L. M. 1, 23 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 66, 9 .
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Hwerhwettan gesihþ on swefnum untrumnysse getácnaþ
if a man sees in dreams a cucumber it betokens illness,
- Lchdm. iii. 200, 16 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “hwer-hwette.” 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/20143.
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