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§7; §134; §263; §298; §325; §354;
Add: corn, grain
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  • Of hwæte

    cœreri,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 5.
as a plant
growing
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  • Átió hé ǽrest of þám lande þá þornas, ... ꝥ se hwǽte mæge ðý bet weaxan

    liberat arva prius fruticibus, ... ut nova fruge gravis Ceres eat,

      Bt. 23; F. 78, 23.

  • Úre hwǽte and ealle úre eorþan wæstmas beóþ gebletsode,

      Bl. H. 51, 12.

  • Hé oferseów hit mid coccele onmiddan þám hwǽte (in midle þæs hwǽtes, R.

    in medio tritici

    ),
      Mt. 13, 25.

  • Þe lǽs gé þone hwǽte (

    triticum

    ) áwurtwalion, 29.
gathered
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  • Gadriaþ þone hwǽte (hwéte,

      R., hwætte, L.), 33.
as part of the plant,
the grain with the husk
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  • Heó ábæd án hrídder tó feormianne sumne dǽl hwǽtes (

    triticum

    ).
      Gr. D. 97, 3.

  • Ꝥ hé eów hrídrude swá swá hwǽte,

      Lk. 22, 31.
the grain separated from the chaff
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  • Corn huǽtes

    granum frumenti,

      Jn. L. 12, 24.

  • Wæs hwǽtes wana

    tríticum deerat,

      Gr. D. 145, 9.

  • Seó earc wæs hwǽtes full (

    frumento plena

    ),
      158, 14.

  • Ꝥ hé him hwǽtes (

    tritici

    ) gemet sylle,
      Lk. 12, 42.

  • Hund mittena hwǽtes,

      16, 7: Ap. Th. 10, 2.
  • Hí þone hwǽte úp bǽron, 5.

  • Huít corn sonuuald for huǽtte cuóm of heofnum, Jn. L. 6, 31 note on

    manna.

    Hé áfeormað his þyrscelflóre, and hé gegaderað his hwǽte on his bern; þá ceafu hé forbærnð,
      Mt. 3, 12.

  • Hwǽtas sume [h]andlian untrumnysse getácnað

    frumenta aliqua trectare infirmitatem significat,

      Lch. iii. 204, 12.
Etymology
[The word occurs in local names, see C. D. vi. 304, col. 2.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hwǽte.” 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/53466.

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