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hwón

  • adjective
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Grammar
hwón, adj.
Little, few [but the word occurs for the most part only in the neuter acc. with a substantive or adverbial force = a little]
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  • Dó huniges hwón tó

    put a little honey to it,

    • L. M. 1, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 32, 15.

  • Hwón buteran,

    • 8
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 54, 3
      • .

  • Hwón buteran and pipores hwón and hwón sealtes,

    • 2, 52
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 268, 25-6
      • .

  • Swá hwæt swá hé læs and hwón hæfde geearnunge

    si quid minus haberet meriti,

    • Bd. 4, 29
      • ;
    • S. 608, 1
      • .

  • Bealosíþa hwón,

    • Exon. 81 b
      • ;
    • Th. 307, 24
      • ;
    • Seef. 28
      • .

  • Dó hwón on ðíne tungan

    put a little on to your tongue,

    • L. M. 2, 52
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 272, 18
      • :
    • 1, 59
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 130, 7
      • .

  • Genim hwón sealt

    take a little salt,

    • 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 32, 3
      • .

  • Ácrind and hwón wermód gecnua

    pound oak rind and a little wormwood,

    • 52
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 124, 22.

  • Huón aron ða ðe onfindes ða ilco

    pauci sunt qui inveniunt eam,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 14
      • .

  • Ofer lytla ł huón

    super pauca,

    • 25, 21
      • .

  • Huoó ł unmonige

    paucos,

    • p. 15, 7
      • .

  • Búta hwón untrymigo gehǽlde

    nisi paucos infirmos curavit,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 5.

  • Huónum

    paucis,

    • Lk. Skt. p. 7, 19.

  • Ðanon hwón ágán

    progressus inde pusillum,

    • Mk. Skt. 1, 19.

  • Uton ús hwón restan

    requiescite pusillum,

    • 6, 31
      • .

  • Huón

    paululum,

    • Lind. 14, 35.

  • Hine hwón fram ðám cnihtum gewænde,

    • Ap. Th. 21, 27
      • .

  • Gif huidir huón ic sægde

    quominus dixissem,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 2.

  • Gif hé hwón hnappode

    if he dozed a little,

    • Hom. Th. i. 86, 18.

  • Ðá hwón onslép,

    • Shrn. 60, 17.

  • Hwónn,

    • Bd. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 534, 11
      • .

  • Ðám mannum ðe mágon hwón gehýran

    for those people who can hear but little,

    • L. Med. ex Quadr
      • :
    • Lchdm. i. 362, 20.

  • Mót ic nú cunnian hwón dínne fæstrǽdnesse

    pauculis rogationibus,

    • Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 10, 34
      • .

  • Hé wæs hwón giernende ðissa woroldþinga and micelra onwalda

    vir tranquillissimus,

    • Ors. 6, 30
      • ;
    • Swt. 280, 28
      • .

  • Hé ðǽr bád westanwindes and hwón norþan

    he there waited for a wind rather from the north of west,

    • 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 17, 15
      • .

  • Hwón lange

    rather long,

    • Herb. 152, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 276, 24.

  • Hwón weredre swæce

    of a rather sweet taste,

    • 151, i
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 276, 9
      • .

  • Tó hwón God andrǽdeþ

    fear God too little;

    minime,

    • Past. 17, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 109, 15
      • :
    • 63, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 417, 35
      • .
Etymology
[
O. E. Hom. wan
:
Laym. whon.
]
Similar entries
v. lyt-hwón; hwón-líc, -líce; hwéne.
Linked entries
v.  æt-hwón ná-teþeshwón hwéne.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hwón.” 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/20198.

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