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a-hwæt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-hwæt, = -hwet = -hwetted

whetted

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whetted;Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 17;

hwæt

(adj.; int.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæt, neut. of hwá, used as an adv. or interj.

Whywhat!ah!

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Hwæt ðá Sem and Jafeth dydon ánne hwítel on hira sculdra at vero Sem et Japheth pallium imposuerunt humeris suis, Gen. 9, 23. Hwæt ðú éce God O! thou eternal God, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 7; Met. 20, 4: 20, 92; Met. 20, 46.

ǽg-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽg-hwǽr, Dele á-hwǽr, and add: -hwár, -wern.

in every place,to every place, in every directionin every casein every respect

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local, in every place, referring to the whole of space God bið á wesende and ǽghwǽr ondweard, Bl. H. 19, 26. Ǽghwár, 23, 21. of limited space Oeghuer, -huuér, óghuuaer vulgo, passim, Txts. 107, 2173. Ǽgiwern passim, An. Ox. 11, 160. Wé forhealdað ǽghwǽr

ge-hwítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwítan, p. te; pp. [ge-hwítt], ge-hwíted: ge-hwítian; p. ode; pp. od
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To whiten Gihúidadon hiá dealbaverunt eas Rtl. 48, 1. Ic beo gehwítad dealbabor Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 83. Gehwíted (-hwítad. Srt.), Ps. L. 50, 9. Hig beóð gehwítode (-hwítte, Srt.) dealbabuntur 67, 15

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, either a contraction of the prefixes á, ǽ, with a g added, as ǽg, or derived from aa = á, áwa, ǽw. It is used in compound pronouns and adverbs, as ǽg-hwá, ǽg-hwǽr, ǽg-hwilc, etc; but, in its place, we also find the prefix á as,—á-hwǽr, á-hwilc, etc. Both ǽg- and á- impart to their compounds a sense of universality.

Everalwayssemper

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Ever, always; semper:

út-gang

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Hié oft út yrnað gemengde útgange, hwílum heard, hwílum hwít, ii. 230, 20

á-wiht

aloneany goodgood for anything

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Add:, ó-wiht, óht. substantive alone Him þǽr ówiht ne derede, Dan. 274. with governed gen. Ne sceþþeð þé wólberendes áwiht, Lch. i. 326, 19. Ne mæg ðæs unrihtes beón áwiht bedígled, Bl. H. 111, 1. Ǽr þon óht þisses ǽfre gewurde, Cri. 238. Unc ne gedǽlde

árleás-nes

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Hwilc mán and hwilce árleásnesse se unrihtwísa cásere worhte, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 2. Add

líge-leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
líge-leóht, (?); adj.
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Hé is hwít . . . þonne is þæt þridde þæt líhteð eall geond eorðærn . . . and þonne is hit hwæðre án lég, and ne mæg þæt háte fram ðám hwíte áscádan, ne ðæt hwíte fram þám légeleóhte (þæt háte, Þæt hwíte, þæt légeleóhte seem all substantive forms of the

doxian

(v.)
Grammar
doxian, p. ode
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To become dark-coloured Hwílum hé ( the dead body ) bið swíðe láðlicum men gelíc; þonne wannað hé and doxaþ; óðre hwíle hé bið blǽc and ǽhíwe, Verc. fol. 23 b

þrág

Grammar
þrág, III.
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Crw. 19, 5. v. hwíl-, wód-þrág

treów-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
treów-wyrhta, an ; m.
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Se Treówyrhta segþ Hwilc eówer ne notaþ cræfte mínon, (tonne hús and mistlíce fata and scypa eów eallum ic wyrce ? Se Smiþ andwyrt : Eálá Trywwyrhta, for hwí swá sprycst ðú?, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 9-17. Ic hæbbe treówwyrhtan habeo lignarium, 30, 1

medum-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
medum-micel, adj.
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Little, short (of time) Medemmicel hwíl is ꝥ gé me ne geseóð modicum et non uidebitis me, Hml. A. 73, 16

wiþ-teón

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wiþ-teón, <b>. I.</b>
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Hwílum hé seleð hálgan wítedómes gást, hwílon hé eft wiðtýhð (subtrahit) þám módum þára wítegana, Gr. D. 146, 31. Add

cwudu

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. ¶ hwít cwudu mastich :-- Huuít quidu, huít cudu mastice, Txts. 78, 655. Hwít cweodu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 53. Hwit cudu mastica, i. 286, 33. Hwit cwudu mastix, 68, 8. Add

tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽsan, p. de

To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound

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Hwílon hé on bord sceát, hwílon beorn tǽsde; ǽfre embe stunde hé sealde sume wunde, ða hwíle ðe hé wǽpna wealdan móste, Byrht. Th. 139, 47; By. 270. Nint wulle, and tǽs hý, Lchdm. iii. 112, 8

searu-fáh

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Add: cf. searu-hwít

ge-ungewlitegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ungewlitegian, p. ode; pp. od

To deprive of beauty

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To deprive of beauty Oððre hwíle gegiereþ mid ðám winsumestum wlitum óðre hwíle eft geungewlitegaþ at one time adorns with the most delightful beauty, at another again deprives of beauty, Shrn. 195, 11

full-wiht

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Ðá hwíle ðe fulwiht stondan móte, Txts. 175, 17: 13. Add

cuter

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Cf. hwít cwuda mastix, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 8