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hwem

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Add: a corner of a building Godes engel fleáh geond ðá feówer hwemmas þæs temples and ágróf mid his fingre róde tácn on þám fyderscýtum stánum, Hml. Th. i. 466, 13. a corner of the earen (north, &c.) Drihten wæs gefæstnod mid feówer nægelum

hwice

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See preceding word

hwida

(n.)
Grammar
hwida, Hpt. Gl. 430, 67.

Similar entry: hwítel

hwast

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In l. 2 for 'Som.' substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 72

hwatu

(n.)
Grammar
hwatu, e; f.
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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

hwæt

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
hwæt, adv. or interjection.
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(cf. hwí (quid ) murcnast þú wið mín?, 3), Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 14. Hwæt (cf. tó hwí, W. S., for hwon, L., R. quid, Mt. 27, 46: hwí, W. S., tó hwon, L., R. quid, Mk. 15, 34) forlǽtest þú mé?, An. 1415. Hwæt standaþ gé hér and úp on þysne heofon lóccaþ?

bearhtm-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
bearhtm-hwíl, byrhtm-hwíl, e; f.

A twinkling whilea momentoculi nictus tempusmomentum

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A twinkling while, a moment; oculi nictus tempus, momentum On ánre byrhtmhwíle in momenta temporis, Lk. Bos. 4, 5

Linked entries: beorht-hwíl brac-hwíl

hwilc

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L. 18, 1. which of many Hwylc (hwilc, R. huælc, L.) eówer mæg geþenc-an . . . ? quis vestrum cogitans . . . ?, Mt. 6, 27. Hwelc úre mæg áreccan . . . ?

dæg-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-hwíl, e; f. [dæg day, hwíl time]

Day-time, time of lifediei hora vel tempus

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Day-time, time of life; diei hora vel tempus Ðæt he dæghwíla gedrogen hæfde, eorþan wynne that he had finished his days, his joy of earth, Beo. Th. 5445; B. 2726

hwar

Similar entry: hwǽr

hwast

(n.)
Grammar
hwast, es; or [?] hwasta, an; m.

a eunuch

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An effeminate person [?], a eunuch Hwastas molles, Som. Huastana eunuchorum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 18, 9

hwata

(n.)
Grammar
hwata, an; m.

An augurdiviner

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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

hweg

Similar entry: hwæg

hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæt, adj.
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Add Huæt, huet, huaet licidus, lucidus, Txts. 75, 1223. Hwet licidus, liquidus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 7, 8. Efficax, hwæt, i. citus, expeditus, astutus, acutus, sollers, peritus arud, 142, 54. swift Gif hé hwæt biþ, ne tweóþ nǽnne mon ꝥ hé hwæt ne sié cuicumque

-hwám

(suffix)

Similar entry: dæg-hwám

hwata

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Dele the passage from Deut. 18, 10

hwer

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Huuer, huer lebes Txts. 72, 563. Hwer (hwyr, v. l. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 316, 5. Hweres ł cyteles sartaginis . Hpt. Gl. 503, 34. Hwer, þollan sartaginem . An. Ox. 4115. Man sceal habban . . . hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, dixas, Angl. ix. 264,

hwien

Similar entry: hwítel

-hwíle

(suffix)

Similar entry: óþer-hwíle

hwiða

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Whiðe aura (abl.), An. Ox, 2, 420. Add