Hwít-ern

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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Hwít-ern

n. Whitherne in Galloway :-- His mynster is æt Hwíterne, Chr. 565; Erl. 19, 7. [Cf. Bd. 3, 4 :-- Qui locus ad provinciam Berniciorum pertinens, vulgo vocatur Ad candidam casam, eo quod ibi ecclesiam de lapide, insolito Brittonibus more fecerit. See also 5, 23. -- On ðære stowe ðe is gecíged æt Hwítan earne quæ candida casa vocatur, S. 646, 31.] hwit-ern