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Hwít-sand

(n.)
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Wissant near Calais, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 5

mére-hwít

Similar entry: mǽre

ge-hýt

(v.)
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ge-hýt, 3rd sing. pres. of ge-hýdan.

hides

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hides, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 11;

geolo-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
geolo-hwít, adj.

Yellow-white ⬩ mellinus, color stramineus

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Yellow-white; mellinus, color stramineus, Lye

þurh-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-hwít, adj.

Very white

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Very white Þurhhwít candidus, Wülck. Gl. 163, 6 (omitted in Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 30)

wreoþen-hilt

Similar entry: wriþen-hilt

dim-híw

(adj.)
Grammar
dim-híw, adj.
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Dark-coloured, gloomy Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106: Wlfst. 137, 9

eall-hwít

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Eallhwíte wýsan gesce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 18. Add

feala-híw

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Dele

hát-heort

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Hátheort furibundus, iratus, Hpt. Gl. 477, 29. Þǽre hátheortan furibundae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 45. Þǽm hátheortan funesto, 14. Háthort were viro furioso, Kent. Gl. 845. Add: —

hír-lic

Similar entry: un-hírlíc

híw-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
híw-fæst, adj.

Beautiful

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Beautiful Híwfæst formosa, i. speciosa, An. Ox. 1054. Híwfæstre formosior, i. speciosior, 453

híw-gedál

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Híwgedál divortium, i. divisio conjugiorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 54: 28, 27. Híwgedále divortio, 14. Add

híw-lic

Grammar
híw-lic, adj.
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Of a married woman Þǽre híwlican matronalis (cf. (?) matronalis pudicitiae obliviscens, Ald. 59, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 19. For 'matronalis ... Lye' substitute:

hin-síþ

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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe hý æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt hé on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be

mid-hlít

(n.)
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fellowship Gyf hwylc. . . tó andetnesse cuman nele fram cirycean hé is tó ánýdanne and fram gemǽnsumunge and midhlýte geleáffulra ( a communione et consortio fidelium ], Nap. 45

Linked entry: hlít

searu-hwít

(n.)
Grammar
searu-hwít, es; n.
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Whiteness produced by art, lustrous whiteness — Searohwít solað, Reim. 67. v. hwít; n. cf. searu-fáh

Linked entry: hwít

snáw-hwít

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Geseah hé mycele weorud swylce on gangdagon, and þá wǽron ealle mid snáwhwítum reáfe gescrýdde, Vis. Lfc. 12. Wé habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add

sumer-hát

(n.)
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summer-heat Sumerhát cólað (cf. hát ácólað ardor frigescit, Angl. i. 285: ii. 374), Reim. 67

Linked entry: hát

sunn-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
sunn-hát, adj.
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Heated by the sun(?) Sunh[á]t soliflua, An. Ox. 56, 205