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hwæl-hunta

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hwæl-hunta, an; m.
A whale-hunter, whale-fisher, whaler
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  • Hwælhunta

    cetarius,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 101
    • ;
    • Som. 77, 55
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 55, 59.
  • Ðá wæshé swá feor norð swá ða hwælhuntan firrest faraþ

    was as far north as the whalers ever go,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 17, 12.
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v.  hunta.
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  • hwæl-hunta, n.