HWÍT
WHITE ⬩ bright ⬩ clear ⬩ fair ⬩ splendid
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Ðone hwítan hláf panem nitidum, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 14. Fæst ǽlce dæge and forgang hwít jejuna quotidie et abstine te ab alba, L. Ecg. C. prm; Th. ii. 132, 5. Gedó æges hwít tó add white of egg, L. M. 3, 59; Lchdm. ii. 342, 18.
hwít
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Nim ꝥ hwíta of ǽge, iii. 96, 19. denoting refinement or purity in material Þonne ytst ðú azima ꝥ ys hwít hláf þǽre sífernesse, Angl. viii. 323, 18. Hwítes hláfes cruman, Lch. ii. 34, 21.
hwít
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whiteness Hwít ásolað nitor squalescit Angl. i. 285, § 2 : ii. 374, 3. something white, the white of an egg. Cf. hwít; ¶ Mid ǽges þý hwíte. Lch. ii. 82, 9. Dó ǽges hwít tó, 342, 18.
hwít cwidu
Hwít-ern
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Whitherne in Galloway His mynster is æt Hwíterne, Chr. 565; Erl. 19, 7
hwít-ness
Whiteness
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Whiteness Seó reádnes ðære rósan and seó hwítnes ðære lilian, Blickl. Homl. 7, 30: Homl. Th. i. 444, 14. His gewǽda scinon on snáwes hwítnysse his raiment shone with the whiteness of snow, ii. 242, 7
Hwít-cirice
WHITCHURCH
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A local name, WHITCHURCH Æt Hwítciricean, Chr. 1001; Erl. 136, 7
hwít-leác
Onion ⬩ allium cæpe
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Onion; allium cæpe Hwítleác poletis, Ælfc. Gl. 41; Som. 63, 118: Wrt. Voc. 30, 61
bile-hwít
Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle ⬩ simplex, mitis
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Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle; simplex, mitis Arnwi munec wæs swíðe gód man and swíðe bilehwít monk Arnwi was a very good man and very meek, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 12
eall-hwít
All-white ⬩ omnīno albus
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All-white; omnīno albus On eallhwítre þryh in an all-white coffin, Th. Diplm. A.D. 970; 241, 11
hwít-loc
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Having white or bright, shining hair Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 12; Rä. 48, 3
hwít-stów
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is the translation of Libanus, Ps. Spl. 71, 16
meolc-hwít
Milk-white
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Milk-white Of meolchwýttre lacteo, Germ. 389, 70. Meolchwítum lacteis, 397, 32
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geolo-hwít
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Add: White with a tinge of yellow Geoluhwít gilvus, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 44. Gioluhwít, ii. 42, 12
snáw-hwít
Snow-white
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Snow-white Snáwhwít niveus Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 48. Snáwítre clǽnnysse nivei pudoris Hymn. Surt. 104, 17. Mid snáwhwítum hreóflan beslagen Homl. Th. i. 400, 29. Sittende on snáwhwítum horse ii. 134, 27. Snáwhwítne hláf Homl. Skt. i. 2, 405: 18, 164
searu-hwít
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Whiteness produced by art, lustrous whiteness — Searohwít solað, Reim. 67. v. hwít; n. cf. searu-fáh
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eal-hwít
all-white
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all-white
hwít-fót
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Having white feet Hwítfót albipedius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 48. Huítfoot, 99, 71
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hwít-locced
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Fair-haired, having bright hair, Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 7; Rä. 78, 4
Hwít-sand
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Wissant near Calais, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 5