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hwer-hwette

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hwer-hwette, an; f.
A cucumber
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  • Hwerhwette

    cucumber,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 40
    • ;
    • Som. 63, 99
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 30, 47
    • .
  • Hwerwette,

    • L. M. 1, 23
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 66, 9
    • .
  • Hwerhwettan gesihþ on swefnum untrumnysse getácnaþ

    if a man sees in dreams a cucumber it betokens illness,

    • Lchdm. iii. 200, 16
    • .
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  • hwer-hwette, n.