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hwít

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§126; §243; §260; §298; §325; §426;
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simply of colour,
white
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  • Hwít

    byssina, Candida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 32 ; bysina, 87, 55 : candens (lilium )

      An. Ox. 5249.
  • Ic gean mínon feder . . . ðes hwítan horses ðe Leófwine mé geaf,

      C. D. iii. 362, 18.
  • Þá leáf beóþ hwítran,

      Lch. i. 278, 15.
  • Hægl bið hwítust corna, Rún. 9. Ia. without substantive, white dress :-- Hwíte (cr adv.?) oððe beorhte bine gescrýdan alba aut splendida se uestire, Lch. iii. 198, 26. ¶ The weak form used substantively,

    the white

    (part) of an egg :-- On ánum ǽge . . . þæt hwíte ne bið gemenged tó ðám geolcan,
      Hml. Th. i 40, 27.
  • Smyre mid henne ǽges þé hwítan,

      Lch. iii. 50, 4.
  • Gemeng wiþ ǽges ꝥ hwíte, ii. 74, 24.
  • Nim ꝥ hwíta of ǽge, iii. 96, 19.
denoting refinement or purity in material
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  • Þonne ytst ðú

    azima

    , ꝥ ys hwít hláf þǽre sífernesse,
      Angl. viii. 323, 18.
  • Hwítes hláfes cruman,

      Lch. ii. 34, 21.
  • Hwítes seolfres (cf. reád

    as an epithet of gold

    ),
      Jos. 7, 21.
  • Dó on hwít sealt,

      Lch. ii. 94, 8 : 124, 10.
  • II a. denoting spiritual purity :---
as an epithet of the Sunday on which white garments were worn
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  • On Hwítan Sunnandæg,

      Chr. 1067; P. 202; 30.
in personal names
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  • Hwíta, Hwítæ (-e),

      Txts. 632.
  • Bráda hátte wæs gebúr tó Hǽðfelda, and Hwíte hátte ðæs Brádan wíf . . . , seó Hwíte wæs Wynburge þridde módor,

      C. D. vi. 212, 15-18.
  • Cf. Hwíting, ii. 3, 30.
the word also occurs in many local names, v. C. D. vi. 305.
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v. meolc-hwít, mére-hwít, þurh-hwít.
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