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for-hwǽga

  • adverb
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for-hwǽga, for-hwega (-hwæga); adv.
Where position is only vaguely determined, somewhere
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  • Him geþúht ꝥ hí behýddon ꝥ heáfod on þám holte forhwega (-hwæga,

    v. l.) it seemed to hiim that they hid the head in the wood somewhere,

    • Hml. S. 32, 141
      • .

  • Syle mé ðínne wíngeard, and ic þé óðerne finde on fyrlene forhwega (hwǽrwega, v. l. glossed parum)

    give me thy vineyard, and I will find thee another a little further off,

    • 18, 174
      • .

  • Hí álecgað hit ðonne forhwæga on ánre míle fram þǽm túne . . . Ðonne sceolon beón gesamnode ealle ðá menn . . . forhwæga on fíf mílum oððe on syx mílum fram þǽm feó,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 20, 30-36
      • .
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Cf. tó-hwega.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-hwǽga.” 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/45773.

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  • for-hwǽga, adv.

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