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used where measurement is only approximately given
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  • Húhugu

    circiter,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 35.
of space measurement
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  • Is ꝥ eáland fram þǽre cyricean feor út on gársecge seted húhugu (-hwega, húru,

    v. ll.) on nygan mílum (nouem ferme milibus passuum ),

      Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 511, 7.

  • Húhugu (neáh, hugu, v. ll.) on twégra míla fæce

    duum ferme milium spatio,

      5, 4; Sch. 567, 10.

  • Nóht feor . . . ꝥ is húhwega (swilce, v. l.) on óþere healfre mile fæc, 5, 2; Sch. 556, 4. (1 a) of extent :-- Þá þá ꝥ weorc húhugu (hwæthwugu, v. l.) healf wæs geworht

    cum opus ad medium ferme esset perductum,

      Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 225, 10.
of time measurement
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  • Húhugu (hwæthwega,

    v. l.

    ) ymb þá teóþan tíd dæges,
      3, 27; Sch. 316, 13.

  • Húhugu (húru,

    v. l. ferme

    ) feówertig daga,
      Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 12.

  • Nú for ánum .xii. nihtumhúhugu (hwæthwega,

    v. l.) swá (neálíce for twelf dagum, v. l.) ante dies fere duodecim,

      Gr. D. 79, 12.

  • Nú for seofon wintrum húhugu swá

    ante septem ferme annos,

      305, 21.
numeral
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  • Húhugu (hwæthwega,

    v. l.

    ) syx hund hída,
      Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 451, 23.

  • Þeós circe mid þýs portice mihte húhwego fíf hund manna befón,

      Bl. H. 207, 14.
marking degree
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  • Gloriosas saltim

    húhugu,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 52.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hú-hwega.” 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/53327.

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