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hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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To turn, change, go, return, depart, go about, wander, roam, hover about Nǽfre ic from hweorfe ac ic mid wunige áwa ealdre I will never go from you, but I will dwell with you for ever, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 8; Cri. 476.

hweorf-bán

Grammar
hweorf-bán, hwyrf-, hwer-bán, es; n.

A joinvertebrathe knee-cap

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A joint [of the back], vertebra, [of the knee], the knee-cap Hwyrfbán vertibulum, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 43; Wrt. Voc. 19, 46. Hwerbán vertibulum velvertebra, 74; Som. 71, 50; Wrt. Voc. 44, 33. Hweorbán vertibula, Wrt. Voc. 283, 38.

hwer

(n.)
Grammar
hwer, es; m.

A kettlepotbasincaldroncooking-vessel

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A kettle, pot, basin, caldron, cooking-vessel Hwer lebes; cyperenhwer cucuma, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 84, 83; Wrt. Voc. 25, 24, 23. Moab mínes hyhtes hwer Moab olla spei meæ, Ps. Th. 59, 7.

hwerfere

(n.)
Grammar
hwerfere, es; m.

A changertrader

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A changer, trader

Linked entry: hwyrfere

hwerflung

(n.)
Grammar
hwerflung, e; f.

Wanderingerror

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Wandering, error Hwærflung error, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 24

Linked entries: hwearflung hwyrfolung

hwerfung

(n.)
Grammar
hwerfung, e; f.

Changemutationvicissitude

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Change, mutation, vicissitude Hwæt singaþ ða leóþwyrhtan óðres be ðisse woruld búton mislíca hwerfunga ðisse worulde quid tragœdiarum clamor aliud deflet, nisi indiscreto ictu fortunam felicia regna vertentem? Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 21

Linked entry: hwearfung

hwergen

(adj.)
Grammar
hwergen, adj.

Somewhere

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Th. 5173; B. 2590

Linked entries: hwarne hwarne

hwerwe

(n.)
Grammar
hwerwe,
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a plant name, perhapscolchicum autumnale: — Ða greátan wyrt hwerwe hátte, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 268, 22. [Cf. Ðeós wyrt de man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ, Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 13. v. Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1.]

hwésan

(v.)
Grammar
hwésan, p. hweós

To wheeze

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To wheeze, make a noise in breathing, to breathe hard Gif mid earfoþnysse hwést if he breathes with difficulty, Lchdm. iii. 122, 3. hwést swýðe hefelíce, 126, 9. egeslíce hweós he wheezed terribly, Homl. Th. i. 86, 1

Linked entry: hwósan

Hwiccas

(n.)
Grammar
Hwiccas, Hwicceas, and Hwiccan [?] or [?] Hwicce [cf. Seaxe]; pl.
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Th. 28, 31. Férde ðá in Hwicca mægþe ðǽr wæs ðá Ósríc cyning divertit ad provinciam Huicciorum cut tunc rex Osric præfuit, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 22. Wilfrid is Hwicna biscop provinciæ Huicciorum Vilfrid episcopus, 5, 23; S. 646, 22.

Linked entries: Hwinca Hwyccas Hiccas

hwider

(adv.)
Grammar
hwider, adv.

Whither

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Whither [in direct interrogation, or in dependent clauses] Hwider wylt ðú quo vadis? Gen. 16, 8: Deut. 1, 28. Hwyder gǽst ðú quo vadis? Jn. Skt. 13, 36. Ðú nást hwanon cymþ ne hwyder gǽþ non scis unde veniat et quo vadat, 3, 8: 12, 35

Linked entries: hwæder hwyder

hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

whichwhoany oneanysome

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Gif ic cweðe qualis est rex hwilc is se cingc, ðon biþ interrogativum ... Ðú cwyþst qualis est ille hwilc is , ic cweðe talis est swilc is, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 12-18, 57-63. Hwylc man is of eów quis est ex vobis homo? Mt. Kmbl. 7, 12.

hwilc-hwega

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc-hwega, -hwugu, -hugu [in the Northern Gospels the whole form is declined, elsewhere only hwilc]; pron.

Someanysome one

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P. iv. 52, note; Th. ii. 218, 23. Hwelcne-hugu dǽl, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 110, 13.

hwilc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hwilc-ness, e; f.

Quality

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Quality Sume synd qualitalis ðe getácniaþ hwilcnysse, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 31

Linked entry: ge-hwilcness

hwílen

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílen, adj.

transitorybrief

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Lasting only for a time, transitory, brief Uton sibbe him on ðás hwílnan tíd hǽlu sécan let us seek in this brief season [the present life] peace and salvation from him, Exon. 97 b; Th. 365, 10; Wal. 87

hwílend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílend-líc, adj.

temporaltemporarytransitory

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One is of time ... the second ... and the third are of eternity, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 15.

Linked entry: hwílwend-líc

hwíl-fæc

(n.)
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a space of time, Lye

Linked entry: fæc

hwíl-stycce

(n.)
Grammar
hwíl-stycce, es; n.
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A fragment or short portion of time Ǽghwæ ðæs ðe hie on ǽnegum hiora hwílsticcum geearnian mǽgen all that they can earn in any of their fragments of time, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 12

hwíl-tídum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwíl-tídum, dat. pl. as adv.

At timessometimes

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At times, sometimes Hwíltídum oððe ðá modo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 37: aliquando, Past. 57, 1; Swt. 437, 3: Lchm. iii. 240, 23: 242, 18.

hwílum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwílum, hwílon; dat. pl. as adv.

At times for a timesometimeswhilome

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Hwílum gebede feóllon sometimes they fell to praying, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 18; Gen. 777: 38; Th. 50, 17; Gen. 810. hwílum gelýfaþ qui ad tempus credunt, Lk. Skt. 8, 13.

Linked entries: HWÍL hwílon