OHG. {heiȥȥan}, MHG. {heiȥen}, _to call_; OE. {hwæt}, OHG. {hwaȥ}, MHG.— A Middle High German Primer Third Edition
Monig-oft gesæt rīce tō rūne; rǣd eahtedon, hwæt swīð-ferhðum sēlest wǣre wið fǣr-gryrum tō gefremmanne.— Beowulf
Swā wæs Bīowulfe, þā hē biorges weard sōhte, searo-nīðas: seolfa ne cūðe, þurh hwæt his worulde gedāl weorðan sceolde;— Beowulf
: Zachers Zeitschrift, etc.NOTES. l. 1. hwæt: for this interjectional formula opening a poem, cf.— Beowulf
With worn placed before: hwæt þū worn fela ... ymb Brecan sprǣce,— Beowulf
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