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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

(adj.)
Grammar
snáw-hwít, adj.

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

ǽg-hwár

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ǽg-hwár, ǽg-hwér

everywhere

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everywhere, Ors. 4,1; Bos. 76, 38

for-hwám

whereforewhy.who

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wherefore, why. who; interrog

eal-hwít

all-white

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all-white

hwer-hwette

(n.)
Grammar
hwer-hwette, an; f.

A cucumber

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A cucumber Hwerhwette cucumber, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 99; Wrt. Voc. 30, 47. Hwerwette, L. M. 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 9. Hwerhwettan gesihþ on swefnum untrumnysse getácnaþ if a man sees in dreams a cucumber it betokens illness, Lchdm. iii. 200, 16

Hwít-ern

(n.)
Grammar
Hwít-ern, es; n.
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Whitherne in Galloway His mynster is æt Hwíterne, Chr. 565; Erl. 19, 7

hwít-fót

(adj.)
Grammar
hwít-fót, adj.
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Having white feet Hwítfót albipedius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 48. Huítfoot, 99, 71

Linked entry: -fót

hwít-locced

(adj.)
Grammar
hwít-locced, adj.
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Fair-haired, having bright hair, Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 7; Rä. 78, 4

Linked entries: hwít-loc -locc

hwít-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hwít-ness, e; f.

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-sand

(n.)
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Wissant near Calais, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 5

mére-hwít

Similar entry: mǽre

geolo-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
geolo-hwít, adj.

Yellow-whitemellinus, color stramineus

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Yellow-white; mellinus, color stramineus, Lye

þurh-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-hwít, adj.

Very white

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Very white Þurhhwít candidus, Wülck. Gl. 163, 6 (omitted in Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 30)

crocc-hwer

(n.)
Grammar
crocc-hwer, (?), es; m.
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An earthen pot Crocchweras (croccan, hweras?; cf. citiles . crocc . hweres, Hpt. Gl. 514, 35) cacabos, An. Ox. 4672

Linked entries: croc-hwær hwer

eall-hwít

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Eallhwíte wýsan gesce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 18. Add

hwer-hwette

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Hwærhwætte cucumeris . Wrt. Voc. i. 67, II. Add

searu-hwít

(n.)
Grammar
searu-hwít, es; n.
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Whiteness produced by art, lustrous whiteness — Searohwít solað, Reim. 67. v. hwít; n. cf. searu-fáh

Linked entry: hwít

snáw-hwít

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Geseah hé mycele weorud swylce on gangdagon, and þá wǽron ealle mid snáwhwítum reáfe gescrýdde, Vis. Lfc. 12. Wé habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add

dæg-hwám

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Dæghwǽm. Ps. Vos. 41, 4. Add

Linked entry: -hwám