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  • Se swote sme ` a´l ham folheð hwider {} se ha wendeð. þ̵ me mahte libben  {275} aa bi þe swotnesse. hwam se heo bisecheð fore {;} is sikerliche iborhen. for aȝein hare bisocnen {;} godd him seolf ariseð þ̵ alle þe oðre halhen sittende ihereð.

    Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

  • Se muche murhðe ich hefde on hare on sihðe {;} þ̵ ne mahte ` ich´ longe hwile elles hwider lokin.

    Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

  • And ek faren ouer lond le hwider so beoþ þi wille.

    Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

  • See hwider. hwäðer, pron., _which of two_: nom.sg. hwäðer ... uncer twega, 2531; swâ hwäðer, _utercunque_: acc.sg. on swâ hwäðere hond swâ him gemet þince,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • See hwider. hwæðer, pron., _which of two_: nom.sg. hwæðer ... uncer twēga, 2531; swā hwæðer, _utercunque_: acc.sg. on swā hwæðere hond swā him gemet þince,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • See hwider. hwylc, pron., _which, what, any_: 1) adj.: nom.sg. m. sceaða ic nât hwylc,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • See hwider. hwylc, pron., _which, what, any_: 1) adj.: nom.sg. m. sceaða ic nāt hwylc,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

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