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be-hét

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-hét, p. of be-hátan.

promised

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promised Deut. 5, 2;

eall-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-hwít, adj.

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

Linked entries: eal-hwít HWÍT

Hwít-cirice

(n.)
Grammar
Hwít-cirice, an; f.

WHITCHURCH

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A local name, WHITCHURCH Æt Hwítciricean, Chr. 1001; Erl. 136, 7

hwít-leác

(n.)
Grammar
hwít-leác, es; n.

Onion ⬩ allium cæpe

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Onion; allium cæpe Hwítleác poletis, Ælfc. Gl. 41; Som. 63, 118: Wrt. Voc. 30, 61

hwít-loc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwít-loc, adj.
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Having white or bright, shining hair Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 12; Rä. 48, 3

hwít-stów

(n.)
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is the translation of Libanus, Ps. Spl. 71, 16

meolc-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
meolc-hwít, adj.

Milk-white

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Milk-white Of meolchwýttre lacteo, Germ. 389, 70. Meolchwítum lacteis, 397, 32

Linked entry: hwít

bile-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
bile-hwít, adj. [bile the beak, hwít white, referring to the beaks of young birds, then to their nature, Junius]

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

ge-hét

promised

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promised

wriþen-hilt

(adj.)
Grammar
wriþen-hilt, adj.

Having a kilt bound round

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Having a kilt bound round ['In some specimens of swords the handles are wound round with gold wire,' Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 29] Ðæt sweord, írena cyst, wreoþenhilt and wyrmtáh, Beo. Th. 3400 ; B. 1698

Linked entry: wreoþen-hilt

ge-hín

Grammar
ge-hín, v. ge-heán.

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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

hát-hirtan

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Háthert stomachatur, An. Ox. 18. 4. Hé hiene ne háthierte, Past. 297, 6. Add: —

hát-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hát-ness, e; f.
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Hotness, heat Se(ó) háte sunne scíneþ and þurh þára sunnan hátnesse se heáp wyrðeþ onǽled, E. S. viii. 478, 82

híw-fæger

(adj.)
Grammar
híw-fæger, adj.
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Fair of form, Verc. Först. 166

Linked entry: fæger

híw-lic

beautiful ⬩ formosam ⬩ figurative

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Add: beautiful. In Lch. iii. 204, 8: 212, 6 the original Latin is formosam. of language, figurative Híwlice ł þeáwlice spǽce tropologiae, i. similitudinis ł figurati sermonis, Hpt. Gl. 432, 12

híg-hús

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Héghús fenile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 22. Take here heg-hús (l. hég-) in Dict., and add

Linked entry: hég-hús

hig-lá

Similar entry: hí

ofer-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hát, adj.
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Excessively hot Wið ómum oferhátum, Lch. ii. 10, 6

sweoloþ-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
sweoloþ-hát, adj.
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Burning hot Swoloð[át] squalida, fýrh[át] torrida, sunh[át] soliflua, An. Ox. 56, 202-205

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