Hwatu
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hwatu
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- hwatu
- f. An augury, omen :-- Hwata omina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 12. Ne gýman gé galdra ne ídelra hwata, Wlfst. 40, 14. Warna þé þæt þú ne gíme drýcræfta ne swefena ne hwatena nec inveniatur in te qui ariolos sciscitetur et observet somnia atque auguria, Deut. 18, 10. [ꝥ is liðer custume ꝥ man leueð get, and ꝥ is ... hwate, and fele swilche deueles craftes, O. E. Hml. ii. 11, 13. Werped ꝥ gilt ... uppen hwate, and seið: 'Nahte ich no betere wate,' 105, 24-28. Alas! þe luþur wate (desteny, ), R. Glouc. 34, 16.] hwatu