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bile-hwít

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bile-hwít, adj. [bile the beak, hwít white, referring to the beaks of young birds, then to their nature, Junius]
Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle; simplex, mitis
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  • Arnwi munec wæs swíðe gód man and swíðe bilehwít

    monk Arnwi was a very good man and very meek,

      Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 12.
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