hwæt
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Juliana, hwæt þú glǽm hafast, Jul. 167. Hwæt hé frécnu gestreón funde, Met. 8, 58. <b>III a.</b> preceding a question :-- Hwæt lá hwæt! sint þis nú þá gód?
hwæs
Sharp ⬩ keen
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Sharp, keen Hí hwæsne beág ymb mín heáfod heardne gebýgdon they encircled my head with a crown sharp and hard [the crown of thorns], Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 23; Cri. 1444
hwæl
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impudent
HWǼTE
WHEAT
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WHEAT Hwǽte triticum, Wrt. Voc. 287, 17. Grǽg hwǽte far, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Som. 9, 52. Þurh ða gemetgunge hwǽtes per mensuram tritici, Past. 63; Swt. 459, 13. Fyrsas ða ðe willaþ derian clǽnum hwǽte, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 9; Met. 12, 5.
hwem
A corner ⬩ angle
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Hwæm angulus Ps. Spl. T. 117, 21. Ða feówer hwemmas ealles middangeardes the four corners of the whole world, Homl. Th. i. 130, 21: ii. 252, 3
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hwæt-hwega
Something ⬩ somewhat ⬩ a little
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Something, somewhat, a little Sing mé hwæthwegu canta mihi aliquid, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 12. Hwæthugu wundurlícre hálignesse aliquid miræ sanctitatis, 3, 9; S. 534, 1. Hwæthwegu seldcúþes something strange, Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 28. Hwæthwygo aliquid, Nar
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hwǽr-hwega
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Somewhere Syle mé ðínne wíngeard ... and ic þé óðerne finde on fyrlene forhwega (hwǽrhwega, v. l. ), Hml. S. 18, 174. Nis nán tweó þæt ǽlc þing þæt ys hwǽrhwugu is quidquid est, alicubi esse cogitur, Solil. H. 51, 10. Þá bæd hé æt þæs mynstres hláforde
hwæt-hwára
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little, somewhat, slightly Þá þeáhhwæðre gebyrede him þæt hié hwæthwára gebugan tó fleónne cum Persarum acies paulatim cederet, Ors. 1, 12; S. 54, 1. Þæt þá munecas hwæthwára furþor restan þonne healfe niht ut modice amplius de media nocte pausentur,
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hwæt-hwega
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Add: as substantive. alone Þeáh hit wéne ꝥ hit sylf hwæthwega (-hwuga, v. l.) sí si se esse aliquid existimat, Gr. D. 8, 22. Hwæthwugu bið betweoh ðǽm irsiendan and ðǽm ungeðyldgan, ðæt is ðæt ... in hoc ab impatientibus iracundi differunt, quod ...,
bléd-hwæt
A shoot growing quickly ⬩ germen velox
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[bléd a shoot, hwæt quick] A shoot growing quickly; germen velox Ðonne ic hrére bearwas bléd-hwate then I shake the quick-growing groves, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 10; Rä. 2, 9
hwæt-hwoegno
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and add: alone, v. hwæt-hwega, Hwæthwoegnu wére wona iów? numquid aliquid defuit uobis?, Lk. 22, 35. with an adjective, v. hwæt-hwega; 3 Mæge hwætwoegnu gód ( aliquid boni ) wosa?, Jn. R. 1, 46.
hwæla
A whale
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A whale Hé is on middon hwælan hiwes he is of a whale's shape in the middle, Salm. Kmbl. 527; Sal. 263
hwall
Procax
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Procax, Cot. 171, Lye