hwatu
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An augury, omen Hwata omina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 12. Ne gýman gé galdra ne ídelra hwata, Wlfst. 40, 14. Warna þé þæt þú ne gíme drýcræfta ne swefena ne hwatena nec inveniatur in te qui ariolos sciscitetur et observet somnia atque auguria, Deut. 18, 10
hwearf
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Dele. For and hwearf l. andhwearf, pp. of andhweorfan to oppose
hwæðer
Whether
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Sceáwiaþ ðæt land hwæðer hit wæstmbǽre sí ... and hwæðer ðæt landfolc sí tó gefeohte stranglíc oððe untrumlíc, feáwa on getele hwæðer ðe fela, Num. 13, 19-20
ár-hwæt
Eager or desirous of honour ⬩ bold ⬩ valiant ⬩ honoris cupidus ⬩ fortis
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Eager or desirous of honour, bold, valiant; honoris cupidus, fortis Wealas ofercómon eorlas árhwate the men eager for glory overcame the Welsh, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 22; Th. 208, 9, col. 2; Æðelst. 73
hwǽte
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Úre hwǽte and ealle úre eorþan wæstmas beóþ gebletsode, Bl. H. 51, 12. Hé oferseów hit mid coccele onmiddan þám hwǽte (in midle þæs hwǽtes, R. in medio tritici ), Mt. 13, 25.
hwǽte-smedeme
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Fine wheaten flour Hunig and hwǽte-smedman, Lchdm. iii. 18, 5
Linked entry: smedema
hwæte-healm
The straw ⬩ stalk of wheat
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The straw or stalk of wheat Genim hwǽte-healm and gebærn tó duste, L. M. 1, 60; Lchdm. ii. 130, 14
hwamm
A corner
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A corner Heáfod hwommys caput anguli, Ps. Spl. C. 117, 21. Huommes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 10: Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 17. Ðá eode út of ðæs karcernes hwomme swíðe egeslíc draca then came a very horrible dragon out of a corner of the prison, Nar. 43, 13. Hwommona
hwast
a eunuch
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An effeminate person [?], a eunuch Hwastas molles, Som. Huastana eunuchorum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 18, 9
hwata
An augur ⬩ diviner
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An augur, diviner Warna ðé ðæt ðú ne gíme drýcræfta ne swefena ne hwatena nec inveniatur in te, qui ariolos sciscitetur et observet somnia et auguria, Deut. 18, 10
hwearf
A wharf ⬩ bank ⬩ shore
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A wharf, bank, shore Ðá gyrnde ðæt hé móste macian foran gén Mildryþe æker ǽnne hwerf wið ðon wódan tó werianne then he desired that he might make a bank opposite Mildred's fold for protection against floods [?], Chart. Th. 341, 7
hwearf
shifting ⬩ veering ⬩ changeable
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Turning about, shifting, veering, changeable Norþan wind heaþogrim and hwearf a wind from the north deadly fierce and whirling in eddies, Beo. Th. 1100; B. 548. Thorpe, Kemble, Heyne read and hwearf = came against [us]; Grein takes and hwearf, and compares
hwǽde
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Small, petty His lytlan hwǽdan geþóhtas parvulos cogitatus ejus, R. Ben. I. 4, 8
hwæla
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Dele, and see next word
hwǽst
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Breathing, blowing Orðas ł hwǽstes (hfæstes, MS.) spiritus, Hpt. Gl. 464, 25. Huǽsttum flatibus, 55. Cf. fnǽst, and next two words
hwamm
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Ic mé ána gestód on sumum hwomme þæs cafertúnes, Hml. S. 23 b, 422. Hwommas angulos, Germ. 403, 14: porticus, 396, 175. Add
hwata
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Dele the passage from Deut. 18, 10