Hú-hwega

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

hú-hwega

Add: I. used where measurement is only approximately given:--Húhugu circiter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 35. (1) of space measurement:--Is ꝥ eáland fram þǽre cyricean feor út on gársecge seted húhugu (-hwega, húru, ) on nygan mílum (nouem ferme milibus passuum), Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 511, 7. Húhugu (neáh, hugu, v. ll.) on twégra míla fæce duum ferme milium spatio, 5, 4; Sch. 567, 10. Nóht feor . . . ꝥ is húhwega (swilce, v. l.) on óþere healfre mile fæc, 5, 2; Sch. 556, 4. (1 a) of extent:--Þá þá ꝥ weorc húhugu (hwæthwugu, v. l.) healf wæs geworht cum opus ad medium ferme esset perductum, Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 225, 10. (2) of time measurement:--Húhugu (hwæthwega, v. l.) ymb þá teóþan tíd dæges, 3, 27; Sch. 316, 13. Húhugu (húru, v. l. ferme) feówertig daga, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 12. Nú for ánum .xii. nihtumhúhugu (hwæthwega, v. l.) swá (neálíce for twelf dagum, v. l.) ante dies fere duodecim, Gr. D. 79, 12. Nú for seofon wintrum húhugu swá ante septem ferme annos, 305, 21. (3) numeral :-- Húhugu (hwæthwega, v. l.) syx hund hída, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 451, 23. Þeós circe mid þýs portice mihte húhwego fíf hund manna befón, Bl. H. 207, 14. II. marking degree :-- Gloriosas saltim húhugu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 52. hu-hwega

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