Hwæl-hunta

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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hwæl-hunta

m. A whale-hunter, whale-fisher, whaler :-- Hwælhunta cetarius, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 55; Wrt. Voc. 55, 59. Ðá wæs hé swá feor norð swá ða hwælhuntan firrest faraþ was as far north as the whalers ever go, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 12. hwæl-hunta