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hwæs

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæs, adj.

Sharpkeen

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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

hwǽst

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽst, es; m.
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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

hwǽte-smedeme

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

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 tó duste, L. M. 1, 60; Lchdm. ii. 130, 14

hwára

(adv.)
Grammar
hwára, hwáre.

Similar entry: hwǽr

hwat

(n.)
Grammar
hwat, es; n.
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Dele, and see hwatu

hwet

Similar entry: hwæt

hwǽten

(adj.)
Grammar
hwǽten, adj.

Wheaten

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Wheaten Hwǽten hláf siligeneus vel triticeus panis, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 63; Wrt. Voc. 41, 19.

-hweg

(suffix)
Grammar
-hweg, v. æt-, hwæt- (
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under hwæt-hwega) -hweg

hwem

(n.)
Grammar
hwem, hwemm, es; m.

A cornerangle

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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

Linked entry: hwæm

ná-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwǽr, -hwár, -wér; adv.

no-wherein no placein no caseneverin no respectnot at all

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no-where, in no place Ná-hwǽr nusquam, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 55. Ðú ne ætstande náhwár on ðisum earde nec stes in omni circa regione, Gen. 19, 17. Hé sóhte his wǽpnu, ac hé ne geseah hí náhwǽr, Homl. Skt. 3, 257 : Blickl. Homl. 59, 20 : 181, 23.

Linked entry: á-hwǽr

hwæla

(n.)
Grammar
hwæla, an; m.

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

hwǽne

Similar entry: hwéne

hwalf

Similar entry: hwealf

hwall

(adj.)
Grammar
hwall, adj.

Procax

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Procax, Cot. 171, Lye

hwata

(adj.)
Grammar
hwata, adj.

Similar entry: hwæt

-hwæga

(suffix)

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hwíte-

(prefix)
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The compound character of the following words with hwíte as first component seems supported by the instances given under hwíte-clǽfre (Lch. ii. 326, 21) and under hwíte-hláf

-hwára

(suffix)

Similar entry: æt-hwára