hwæt-rǽd
counsel
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Strong of purpose or counsel Hwætréd, hygeróf, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 5; Ruin. 20
hwall
Procax
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Procax, Cot. 171, Lye
hwem-dragen
Sloping
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Sloping, not perpendicular Wæs ðæt ilce hús hwemdragen nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ðæt ða wagas wǽron rihte ac git swíðor on scræfes onlícnesse ðæt wæs æteówed that same house had sloping walls, not at all after the custom of men's work so
hweóled
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Provided with wheels Héhhwiólad wǽn a waggon having high wheels, Lye
hwergen
Somewhere
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Somewhere Elles hwergen elsewhere, somewhere else, Beo. Th. 5173; B. 2590
hwider
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 hé cymþ ne hwyder hé gǽþ non scis unde veniat et quo vadat, 3, 8: 12, 35
hwílen
transitory ⬩ brief
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Lasting only for a time, transitory, brief Uton sibbe tó 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
temporal ⬩ temporary ⬩ transitory
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Lasting only for a time, of time, temporal, temporary, transitory Þrió þing sindon on ðís middanearde. Án is hwílendlíc ... Óðer þing is éce ... Þridde þing is éce three things there are in this world. One is of time ... the second ... and the third
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hwílwend-líc
Temporary
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Temporary, lasting only for a time, not eternal Hit is hwílwendlíc est temporalis, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 21. Þreó þing synd on middanearde án is hwílwendlíc ... óðer þing is éce ... þridde þing is éce, Homl. Swt. 1, 25. Manna freóndscipe biþ swiðe hwílwendlíc
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hwílwend-líce
Temporarily
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Temporarily, for a time only Beóþ blówende and welige hwílwendlíce ðæt gé écelíce wædlion be flourishing and wealthy for time that ye may be beggars for eternity, Homl. Th. i. 64, 15: 162, 15: ii. 384, 26
HWÍT
WHITE ⬩ bright ⬩ clear ⬩ fair ⬩ splendid
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WHITE, bright, clear, fair, splendid Hwít albus; amineus vel albus, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 71-2; Wrt. Voc. 46, 28-9. His reáf hwít scínende vestitus ejus albus refulgens, Lk. Skt. 9, 29. Wlitescýne hwít and hiwbeorht hæleþa náthwylc some man beauteous
hwít-loc
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Having white or bright, shining hair Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 12; Rä. 48, 3
hwón-líc
Little ⬩ slight ⬩ small
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Little, slight, small Gif wé eów ða gástlícan sǽd sáwaþ hwónlíc biþ ðæt wé eówere flǽslícan þing rípon if we sow the spiritual seeds for you, it is a slight matter that we reap your fleshly goods, Homl. Th. ii. 534, 26, Ic wearþ belocen on ánre lytlan
hwón-líce
Little ⬩ slightly
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Little, slightly Ða hwílwendlícan geþincþu ðe hé hwónlíce lufode the temporal dignities that he loved but little, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 94. Nú gé habbaþ hwónlíce tó geswincenne, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 14. Hé byþ hwónlíce biter on byrgincge it is a little bitter
hwón-lotum
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A little while Huónlotum parumper, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 46
hwurf-líc
Changeable ⬩ mutabilis
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Changeable; mutabilis, Hpt. Gl. 470, 62
hýdig
leathern
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Made of hide, leathern Hýdig fæt bulga, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 28; Wrt. Voc. 26, 28
hygdig-líce
Chastely
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Chastely Hia seolfa hia hygdiglige beheóldon seipsos castraverunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 12
hyge-blind
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Having the mind blinded, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 13; Jul. 61