Breahtum-hwæt

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - breahtum-hwæt

According to the Old English Dictionary:

breahtum-hwæt
adj. Swift as the twinkling of an eye; celer ut oculi nictus :-- Dec lígetta hérgen, bláce, breahtum-hwate may the lightnings praise thee, pale, swift as the twinkling of an eye, Exon. 54 b; Th. 192, 16; Az. 107.

Related words: berhtm-hwæt. breahtum-hwæt

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