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hux-líce

(adv.)
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hux-líce, adv.

Ignominiouslydisgracefullyunbecomingly

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Th. i. 48, 23. Ða ðe huxlíce hér on lífe gedrehton those who shamefully afflicted them in this life, Jud. 5; Thw. 156, 10. Gelǽdde ðone kining mid him swíðe huxlíce carried the king with him very ignominiously, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 20

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Gr. 18; Som. 21, 12-27. Hwá hwylc mann swá Drihten ondrǽt quis est homo qui timeat Dominum? Ps. Th. 24, 10. Hwá is moncynnes ðæt ne wundrie what man is there that does not admire? Bt. Met. Fox 28, 10; Met. 28, 5. Hwá þegna, 86; Met. 28, 43.

hwæcca

(n.)

a chesthutch

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a chest, hutch Corn-hwæcca area frumentaria, Lye

Linked entry: corn-hwæcca

hwæg

(n.)
Grammar
hwæg, hwæig, hweg, es; n. [?]

Whey

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Voc. 290, 36. Ðeówan wífmen hwæig on sumera to a servant maid shall be given when in summer L. R.S S. 9; Th. i. 436, 32 Sceáphyrdes riht is ðæt hæbbe ... blede fulle hweges oððe syringe ealne sumor 14; Th. i. 438, 25

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hwǽl

(n.)
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On hwǽl hreópon [hwreopon, MS.] herefugolas the birds of war screamed as they wheeled round, Cd. 150; Th. 188, 1; Exod. 161

hwæla

(n.)
Grammar
hwæla, an; m.

A whale

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A whale is on middon hwælan hiwes he is of a whale's shape in the middle, Salm. Kmbl. 527; Sal. 263

hwæl-hunta

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-hunta, an; m.

whale-fisherwhaler

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A whale-hunter, whale-fisher, whaler Hwælhunta cetarius, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 55; Wrt. Voc. 55, 59. Ðá wæshé swá feor norð swá ða hwælhuntan firrest faraþ was as far north as the whalers ever go, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 12

Linked entry: hunta

hwæl-huntaþ

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-huntaþ, es; m.

Whale-fishingwhaling

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Whale-fishing, whaling On his ágnum lande is se betsta hwælhuntaþ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 5

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hwæl-mere

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-mere, es; m.

The sea

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The sea, Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 2; . 3, 5: Andr. Kmbl. 739; An. 370

hwæm

(n.)

a corner.

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a corner

hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
hwǽr, [or hwær?], hwar; adv.

Whereanywheresomewherewheresoeverwherever

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Where. in direct questions Gyf ic cweþe ubi posuisti meum librum, hwǽr lédest ðú míne bóc ðonne is se ubi interrogativum ðæt is áxigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 60. Hwǽr ys se Judéa cyning ðe ácenned ys ubi est qui natus est rex Judæorum? Mt.

Linked entries: hwára hwar

hwær

(n.)

a vessel

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a vessel

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hwǽte-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-cynn, es; n.
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Wheat-kind ðé gesadade mid ðý sélestan hwǽtecynnes holde lynde adipe frumenti satiat te, Ps. Th. 147, 3

hwæte-healm

(n.)
Grammar
hwæte-healm, es; m.

The strawstalk of wheat

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The straw or stalk of wheat Genim hwǽte-healm and gebærn duste, L. M. 1, 60; Lchdm. ii. 130, 14

hwǽte-land

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-land, es; m.

Wheat-land

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Wheat-land, land for growing wheat upon Ðæt hæft se arcebisceop genumen hwǽtelande, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 159, 23

hwǽte-melu

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-melu, wes; n.

Wheaten mealflour

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Wheaten meal or flour Mid hwǽtemelwe, L. M. 3, 65; Lchdm. ii. 354, 12

hwǽten

(adj.)
Grammar
hwǽten, adj.

Wheaten

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Mid hwǽtenan meluwe, Herb. 184, 4; Lchdm. i. 322, 13. Of hwǽtenum mealte geworht iii. 74, 3. Hwǽtenne hláf, L. M. 1, 53; Lchdm. ii. 126, 1: Ps. Th. 77, 25. On hwǽtene wyrte in wheaten wort, L. M. 2, 57; Lchdm. ii. 268, 12. Nim hwǽten corn, L.

hwǽte-smedeme

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-smedeme, an; f.
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Fine wheaten flour Hunig and hwǽte-smedman, Lchdm. iii. 18, 5

Linked entry: smedema

hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.

Whether

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Whether, in direct questions Hwæðer ic móte lybban óþ ðæt ic hine geseó may I live till I see him? Homl. Th. i. 136, 30. Hwæðer willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? Bt. Met. Fox 19, 9, 29; Met. 19, 5, 15.

hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæðere, hwæðre, hwæððre, hweðre; adv.

Yethowevernevertheless

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Yet, however, nevertheless Ac nǽnig hwæðere him gelíce dón ne mihte but none however could do like him, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 39. Hwæðere ðú meaht singan attamen mihi cantare habes, 597, 15.

Linked entry: ge-hwæðere