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hwettan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hwettan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§298; §527;
To WHET, sharpen, instigate, urge, incite, excite
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  • Ic hwette

    acuo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28
    • ;
    • Som. 30, 48
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    • Exon. 103 b
    • ;
    • Th. 393, 1
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    • Rä. 12, 3
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  • Se lǽce his seax hwæt

    the physician sharpens his knife,

    • Past. 26, 3
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    • Swt. 187, 5.
  • Úsic lust hwætep

    desire urges us,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 571
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    • An. 286
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  • Ðurh ðæt his mód hweteþ

    by that means excites his mind,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 988
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    • Sal. 495
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    • Exon. 82 a
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    • Th. 309, 26
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    • Seef. 63
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    • 83 b
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    • Th. 314, 23
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    • Mód. 18
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  • Hwettaþ hyra blódigan téþ

    they whet their bloody teeth,

    • L. E. I. prm
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    • Th. ii. 396, 6
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  • Ic hig hwette tó fleánne

    I instigated her to fly,

    • Shrn. 41, 25.
  • Swá ðín sefa hwette,

    • Beo. Th. 985
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    • B. 490.
  • Hwetton higerófne,

    • 413
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    • B. 204
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  • Hý hwetton

    exacuerunt,

    • Blickl. Gloss.
Etymology
[
Laym. whætte; p.
:
Icel. hvetja to whet, incite
:
O. H. Ger. wezzen acuere, exacuere, provocare
:
Ger. wetzen.
]
Derived forms
á-, ge-hwettan
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