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hweogul

(n.)
Grammar
hweogul, hweowol, hweohl, hweól, es; n.

A wheel

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Wǽnes hweowol a waggon-wheel, Shrn. 32, 12. Swá swá yrnende hweowol, Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 29. Ðære sunnan hweogul solis rota, Hymn. Surt. 22, 25. Hweól rota, Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 48; Wrt. Voc. 16, 20. Ðæt hweól hwerfþ ymbútan. Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 29.

Linked entries: hwǽl hweowol

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:

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

hlæd-hweol

(n.)
Grammar
hlæd-hweol, -weogl, -wiogl, es; n.

A wheel used in drawing water; ⬩ antlia,

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A wheel used in drawing water; antlia, Cot. 9, 101, Lye

hweól-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
hweól-fág, adj.
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Circular and ornamented [applied to a dress] Hwiólfág cyclas, Cot. 49, Lye

Linked entry: fág

hweól-godwebb

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-godwebb, es; n.
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A robe of fine material circular in form Hweglgodwebbum cycladibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 15

hweól-lást

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-lást, es; m.
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The track left by a wheel, fig. an orbit, a circuit Geáres hweóllást anni orbita, Hy. S. 93, 33

hweól-ríþig

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-ríþig, es; n.
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A brook that turns a wheel ? Of ðám forda andlang hweowelríðiges, . . . eft on hweowelríðig, C. D. iii. 289, 4-7. On hweólríðig, 381, 8

hwegl

Similar entry: hweogol

hweop

(n.)

a whip ⬩ flagellum

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a whip; flagellum.Som

-hweóle

(suffix)

Similar entry: twi-hweóle

hweop

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Dele

hwéne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwéne, hwǽne [ = hwoene]; adv.

A little ⬩ somewhat

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A little, somewhat Hwéne ǽr a little before, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 27. Hwéne ǽror, Homl. Th. i. 358, 24. Hwéne wíddre ðonne bydenfæt somewhat wider than a bushel measure, Blickl. Homl. 127, 6. Hwéne rúmedlícor paulo latius, Past. 12; Swt. 75, 17. Nioþor hwéne

Linked entry: hwǽne

hwol

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In l. 1 for infingens l. infigens

hwol

Grammar
hwol, An. Ox. 37, 6. The word is given as a gloss to infingens in the passage : Inruit in quamdam spinulam . . . medelanium plantae ipsius
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infigens, Guth. Gr. 153

hwega

Grammar
hwega, v. hú-, hwæt-, hwilc-hwega.

Linked entries: hwugu hugu

hweogol

(n.)
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H. 127, 5-8), Shrn. 81, 11-14. a circle or cycle used in computation Gým þisses hweóles, hyt þé ætýwþ genóh openlíce þæs mónan ryne, Angl. viii. 328, 33. v. hlæd-hweogol, mylen-hweogol, sceard-hweogol (?)

Linked entries: sceard-hweogol hwegl

hwésan

(v.)
Grammar
hwésan, p. hweós

To wheeze

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Hé egeslíce hweós he wheezed terribly, Homl. Th. i. 86, 1

Linked entry: hwósan

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