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hunig-swéte

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Grammar
hunig-swéte, For Th. An. 45, 4' substitute: Hml. Th. ii. 118, 22,
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lit.
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  • Gutta,

    ꝥ ys hunigswéte dropa,
      Angl. viii. 299, 48.
  • Huniswéttre

    mellite (dulcedinis gustum),

      An. Ox. 336.
fig.
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  • Huniswé[te] lippan

    mellea labia,

      An. Ox. 3183.
  • Orþiende wyrtbráþa swétnyssa líflicra hunigswéte

    spirans odorum balsama vitalium melliflua,

      Hy. S. 98, 21.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. honey-sweet.]
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