Hwæt-hwega

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hwæt-hwega

Add: I. as substantive. (1) alone :-- Þeáh hit wéne ꝥ hit sylf hwæthwega (-hwuga, ) sí si se esse aliquid existimat, Gr. D. 8, 22. Hwæthwugu bið betweoh ðǽm irsiendan and ðǽm ungeðyldgan, ðæt is ðæt ... in hoc ab impatientibus iracundi differunt, quod ..., Past. 293, 15. Ðonne him hwæthwugu wiðstint, 455, 16. Huoeðer huoðhuoegu (aliquid) woere wona?, Lk. L. 22, 35. Him biþ hwæshweg (-hwugu, v. l.) wana, Bt. 34, 1; F. 134, 12. Suǽ hé hwæshwegu hercnade, Shrn. 72, 24. Nán gesceaft swá clǽne ne forwyrð, þæt hé tó hwanhwugu ne weorðe, Solil. H. 63, 1. Hió wirpð on dæt geðóht hwæthwugu tó begietenne adipiscenda quaeque cogitationi objicit, Past. 70, 22. Hwæthugu aliquid, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 66, 1. Hwæthweg (-hwugu, v. l.), 5, 2; Sch. 559, 16. Huothuoegu, Jn. L. 13, 29. Hwothwoego (hwæthwugu, R, ǽnig þing, W. S.), Mt. L. 5, 23: (ówiht, R., ǽnig þing, W. S.), 24, 17. Huothuoego þ sum ðing, 21, 3: Lk. L. 7, 40. Huothuogu (hwæthwoegu) quid, Jn. L. 4, 33. Hwæthwogu aliquid, Jn. R. 13, 29. Huodhuoge quid, Mk. L. 15, 24. (2) with genitive (a) following :-- Ábiersð hwæthwugu (aliquid) út ðæs ðe hé sugian sceolde, Past. 165, 15. Hé wilnað hwæshweg (-hwugu, v. l.) þæs þe hé þonne næft, Bt. 11, 1; F. 34, 1. Hwæshwugu (hwæthweg, v. l.) þisses woruldwelan wilnian aliquid pascere, 26, 2; F. 94, 3. Þú scealt habban hwæthweg (-hwugu, v. l.) wiþerweardes per aspera quaeque distractus, 32, 1; F. 114, 19. Hwæthwugu swilces tale aliquid, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 11. Hwæthwugu stiórwierðes, Past. 194, 3: 147, 1: 171, 25. Hwæthwugu þæs þe ic beþorfte, Solil. H. 1, 7. (b) preceding :-- ꝥte ne yfles ðé huodhuoegu blimpe ne deterius te aliquid contingat, Jn. L. 5, 14. Gif mon medmycles hwæthwega (exigui quid) deóflum onsægð, Ll. Th. ii. 156, 15. Swá ꝥ hé hire hwæthwegu nabbe on his Móde, Bt. 35, 1; F. 154, 31. (c) both preceding and following :-- Lytles hwæthwegu underfón þæs þe ic hider bróhte, Hml. S. 23 b, 712. (3) with an adjective, (a) following, something (good) :-- Tó þon ꝥ hé him forgeáfe hwæthwega (-hugu, v. l.) getǽse (sume getǽse hýððe, v. l.) his gewinnes ei laboris sui commodum dedit, Gr. D. 39, 27. Manige men beforan óþrum mannum hwæthugu gód begangaþ, Bl. H. 57, 2. (a α) with an adjective clause :-- Habbað gié her huoethuoego ꝥte étlic sé? habetis hie aliquid quod manducetur?, Lk. L. 24, 41. (b) preceding :-- ꝥte ne wyrse ðé huodhuoegu blimpe ne deterius tibi aliquid contigat, Jn. L. 5, 14. Lyttel hothuoego modicum quid, Jn. L. 6, 7. II. as adjective :-- Seó cyrice hwæthwugu fæc (sum fæc, v. l.) sibbe hæfde ecclesia aliquantulam ... pacem habuerit, Bd. 1, 8; Sch. 28, 3. On hwæthwuga fata (g. pl.? or acc. pl.?) (hwylchwugu fatu, v. l. in uasa quaelibet) gehíwod, 3, 22; Sch. 291, 6. In the two following passages hwæthwegu seems adjective, but perhaps should be considered as adverb and the passages put under III. v. Gr. D. 88, 23 under III. 1 :-- Hit nis éce gifu ..., ac is hwæthwegu (hwilc-, v. l.) eldung, Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 17. Hæfde ic þágét hwæthwega (hwilc-, v. l.) gemynd on mínum móde þǽre unrótnesse ego nondum penitus moeroris oblitus, 36, 1; F. 170, 26. III. as adverb. (1) somewhat :-- Wæs seó súðduru hwæthwega háde máre, Bl. H. 201, 15. Se Wísdóm ... mín geþóht hwæthwegu (-hwugu, v. l.) úp árǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 26. Mín lár hwæthwugu ingǽð on þín ondgit, 13; F. 36, 33. Him hwæthwugu sió sóðfæsðnes on geeácnod bið jam aliquid de veritatis intellectu conceperant, Past. 367, 17. Hé gedyde hwylcehugu (hwæthwega) yldinge paululum moram fecit, Gr. D. 88, 23. (2) almost. v. hú-hwega :-- Forneáh l hwæthwega hí fordydon mé paulo minus consummauerunt me, Ps. L. 118, 87. hwæt-hwega

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