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HWELP

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
HWELP, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§325; §335;
A WHELP, a young dog, the young of other animals; catulus
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  • Hund canis, hwylp

    catulus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 78, 53
    • .
  • Hwelp

    catulus [leonis ],

    • Ps. Th. 16, 11.
  • Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumum ðe of hyra hláforda beódum feallaþ

    catelli edunt de micis quæ cadunt de mensa dominorum suorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 15, 27
    • :
    • Mk. Skt. 7, 28
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. whelp
:
Orm. (leness) whellp
:
A. R. hweolp
:
Prompt. Parv. whelp, lytyl hownde catellus, catulus
:
O. Sax. hwelp
:
Icel. hvelpr
:
Dan. hvalp
:
O. H. Ger. hwelf the young of animals (lion, tiger, ape).
]
Derived forms
león-, wæl-hwelp
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  • HWELP, n.