Old English Dictionary Entry

HWELP

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 HWELP

m. A WHELP, a young dog, the young of other animals; catulus :-- Hund canis, hwylp catulus, Wrt. Voc. 78, 53. Hwelp catulus [leonis], Ps. Th. 16, 11. Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumum ðe of hyra hláforda beódum feallaþ catelli edunt de micis quæ cadunt de mensa dominorum suorum, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 27: Mk. Skt. 7, 28. [Laym. whelp: Orm. (leness) whellp: A. R. hweolp: Prompt. Parv. whelp, lytyl hownde catellus, catulus: O. Sax. hwelp: Icel. hvelpr: Dan. hvalp: O. H. Ger. hwelf the young of animals (lion, tiger, ape).] DER. león-, wæl-hwelp. hwelp

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Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᛖᛚᛈ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Orm.: Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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