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Anglo-Saxon

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for-hwon

(pronoun.)

whyquāre

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why; quāre, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 14: 2, 12; S. 513, 37

hwæl-hunta

(n.)
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hwæl-hunta, an; m.

whale-fisherwhaler

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A whale-hunter, whale-fisher, whaler Hwælhunta cetarius, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 55; Wrt. Voc. 55, 59. Ðá wæshé swá feor norð swá ða hwælhuntan firrest faraþ was as far north as the whalers ever go, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 12

Linked entry: hunta

hwæl-huntaþ

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-huntaþ, es; m.

Whale-fishingwhaling

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Whale-fishing, whaling On his ágnum lande is se betsta hwælhuntaþ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 5

Linked entry: huntaþ

hwæl-mere

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-mere, es; m.

The sea

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The sea, Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 2; Rä. 3, 5: Andr. Kmbl. 739; An. 370

hwem-dragen

(adj.)
Grammar
hwem-dragen, adj.

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

hwer-bán

Similar entry: hweorf-bán

hwón-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwón-líc, adj.

Littleslightsmall

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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

(adv.)
Grammar
hwón-líce, adv.

Littleslightly

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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

(adv.)
Grammar
hwón-lotum, adv.
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A little while Huónlotum parumper, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 46

lyt-hwón

(adv.)
Grammar
lyt-hwón, subst. and adv.

A little

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A little [space, time, quantity] Meng lythwón wið hunig mix a little with honey, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 20. Lythw-on becom cwicera tó cýððe few living reached their country, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 5; Jud. 311: Elen. Kmbl. 284; El. 142. Ðá hé wæs lythwón

Linked entry: hwón

under-hwítel

(n.)
Grammar
under-hwítel, es; m.

An under-whittleragana

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An under-whittle; ragana, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 28

æt-hweg

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-hweg, adv.
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How Gé magan be þissum ánum (deófles men) gecnáwan, þá hé ðurh deófol swylcne cræft hæfde ongeán swylce Godes þegnas, . . . æthweg hit bið þonne se deófol cymð, Wlfst. 101, I

æt-hwón

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Æthwón pene, Mt. p. l, 13. Add

hlæd-hweól

(n.)
Grammar
hlæd-hweól, hlæd-hweogol, hlæd-hweogl, es; n.
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A wheel used in drawing water Hlædhwiogl (rota) hauritoria (v. Ald. 8, 29), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 1: 43, 1. Hlædhweogl, 5, 47. Substitute:

hwæl-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-weg, es; m.
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The path of the whale, the ocean Hweteð on [h]wælweg hreðer unwearnum, Seef. 63

hwíte-clǽfre

(n.)
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white clover Hwíteclǽfre calcesla Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 29: i. 67, 42. Hwíteclǽfr ca[l]cista 291, 4. Nim hwíteclǽfran wísan, Lch. ii. 326, 21. Nim hwíteclǽlran, 64, 2

hwíte-cylle

(n.)
Grammar
hwíte-cylle, some kind of bag or
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vessel Hwítecylle folle bubulum, i. vos piceum (cf. culleum, folle bubulum, Corpl. Gl. H. 39, 956: culleum uas pice oblitum, 926 : in culleum, in follem bobulinum, et aliter machina contenta et bitumine lita, 67, 224), Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 14

hweól-fág

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For second line substitute Hwiólfáge cyclade. Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 33

hweól-rád

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-rád, e; f.
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A wheel-road, rut; fig. an orbit Huueólrád, hueólrád, -raat orbita, Txts. 82, 710. Hweoglrád, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 52

hweól-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-weg, es; m.
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A cart-road On hweogelweg, C. D. iii. 386, 4