Hwítian

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

hwítian

p. ode To be or become white, to whiten :-- Ic hwítige albeo, albesco, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 6: albo, albico, 36; Som. 38, 29-30. Ðæt ðæt fel hwítige that the skin may become white, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 6. [A. R. hwiteþ prs. becomes white: Piers P. whitten to make white: Prompt. Parv. whytoñ or make whyte dealbo, candido: Goth. ga-hweitjan to make white: O. H. Ger. hwízén to become white; ga- hwízit albatus: Ger. weissen to whiten.] hwitian