HWÍT
- adjective
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Hwít
albus; amineus vel albus,
- Ælfc. Gl. 79 ;
- Som. 72, 71-2 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 46, 28-9 .
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His reáf hwít scínende
vestitus ejus albus refulgens,
- Lk. Skt. 9, 29.
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Wlitescýne hwít and hiwbeorht hæleþa náthwylc
some man beauteous, shining and bright of hue,
- Elen. Kmbl. 145 ;
- El. 73.
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Hwít heard stán
creta vel cimolia,
- Ælfc. Gl. 56 ;
- Som. 67, 40 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 37, 29 .
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Se hwíta stán mæg wið stice
the white stone is effective against stitch,
- L. M. 2, 64 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 290, 9 .
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Se hwíta helm
the shining helm,
- Beo. Th. 2900 ;
- B. 1448 .
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Ðú ne miht ǽnne locc gedón hwítne oððe blacne
non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum,
- Mt. Kmbl. 5, 36.
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Hæfde hé hine swá hwítne geworhtne gelíc wæs hé ðám leóhtum steorrum
so splendid had he formed him he was like the bright stars,
- Cd. 14 ;
- Th. 17, 4 ;
- Gen. 254 .
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Leóht hwít
clear light,
- 29 ;
- Th. 38, 33 ;
- Gen. 616.
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Ðone hwítan hláf
panem nitidum,
- Bd. 2, 5 ;
- S. 507, 14 .
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Fæst ǽlce dæge and forgang hwít
jejuna quotidie et abstine te ab alba,
- L. Ecg. C. prm ;
- Th. ii. 132, 5 .
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Gedó æges hwít tó
add white of egg,
- L. M. 3, 59 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 342, 18 .
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Dó æges ðæt hwíte tó,
- 1, 13 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 56, 6 :
- 25 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 66, 21 :
- Homl. Th. i. 40, 27 .
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His reáf wǽron swá hwíte swá snáw
vestimenta ejus facta sunt alba sicut nix,
- Mt. Kmbl. 17, 2.
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Ða scíran dagas hwítan
the clear bright days,
- L. M. 2, 41 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 252, 10.
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Hwíte metas
lacticinia
[cf. Icel. hvitr matr milk, curds, etc. opposed to flesh],- Lye.
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Wǽron on ðyssum felda unríme gesomnunge hwíttra manna and fægera
erant in hoc campo innumera homimim albatorum conventicula.
- Bd. 5, 12 ;
- S. 629, 25.
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Engla and deófla, beorhtra and blacra, hwítra and sweartra,
- Exon. 21 a ;
- Th. 56, 9 ;
- Cri. 898 .
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Hire þuhte hwítre heofon and eorþe
heaven and earth seemed brighter to her,
- Cd. 29 ;
- Th. 38, 7 ;
- Gen. 603 .
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Engla scýnost and hwíttost
most beautiful and most splendid of angels,
- 18 ;
- Th. 22, 11 ;
- Gen. 339 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “HWÍT.” 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/20179.
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