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in direct questions.
in what way?, by what means?
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  • Húmeta wát God?

    quomodo scit Deus?,

      Ps. Spl. 72, 11.
with what reason or
right
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  • Húmeta cwyst þú tó þínum bréðer?,

      Mt. 7, 4.
how is it that?, why?
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  • Gif heó turniende is, húmeta ne fealð heó?

    si volubile est, cur non cadat?,

      Angl. vii. 12, 109.

  • Húmeta wénde Adam ꝥ hé mihte hine behýdan fram Godes gesihðe?

    unde a Domini praesentia abscondi posse putabat?,

      26, 239.
in indirect questions.
qualifying a verb,
cf. I. 1
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  • Hé áxodon þá weardmenn húmeta se án wǽre tó þám hálgum geþeód?,

      Hml. S. 11, 236.
Cf.
2
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  • Hé áxode þá weardmen húmeta hí dorston hí swá wel fédan,

      Hml. S. 37, 61.
with ellipsis of the rest of the rest of the clause introduced by
how
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  • Wé hérdon ꝥ sum sunu ofslóge his fæder, ic nát húmeta, búton wé witon ꝥ hit unmennisclic dǽd wæs,

      Bt. 31, 1; F. 112, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hú-meta.” 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/53338.

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