See hwit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "late 9th century, Old English Martyrology\nSē Antonius ġesēah þǣs Paules sāwle swā hwīte swā snāw stīgan tō heofonum betweoh engla þrēatas; ond tweġen lēon ādulfan his byrġenne on þǣs wēstenes sande; þǣr resteð Paules līchoma mid yfellīċe dūste bewrigen, ac on dōmes dæġe hē ariseð on wuldor.",
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"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwītum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hwīt",
"2": "hwītra",
"3": "hwīttost"
},
"expansion": "hwīt (comparative hwītra, superlative hwīttost)",
"name": "ang-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hwīt"
},
"name": "ang-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "hwīt"
},
{
"word": "grǣġ"
},
{
"word": "blæc"
},
{
"word": "sweart"
},
{
"word": "rēad"
},
{
"word": "basu"
},
{
"word": "ġeolurēad"
},
{
"word": "brūn"
},
{
"word": "ġeolu"
},
{
"word": "grēne"
},
{
"word": "blāw"
},
{
"word": "purpuren"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English adjectives",
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"ang:Whites"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Hail is the whitest of grains...",
"text": "The Old English rune poem\nᚻ byþ hwītust corna...",
"translation": "Hail is the whitest of grains...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Antonius saw Paul's soul, as white as snow, ascend to heaven among throngs of angels; and two lions dug his tomb in the sand of the desert. There lies Paul's body, covered by filthy dust, but on Judgement Day he will arise in glory.",
"text": "late 9th century, Old English Martyrology\nSē Antonius ġesēah þǣs Paules sāwle swā hwīte swā snāw stīgan tō heofonum betweoh engla þrēatas; ond tweġen lēon ādulfan his byrġenne on þǣs wēstenes sande; þǣr resteð Paules līchoma mid yfellīċe dūste bewrigen, ac on dōmes dæġe hē ariseð on wuldor.",
"translation": "Antonius saw Paul's soul, as white as snow, ascend to heaven among throngs of angels; and two lions dug his tomb in the sand of the desert. There lies Paul's body, covered by filthy dust, but on Judgement Day he will arise in glory.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"white"
],
"links": [
[
"white",
"white"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/xwiːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʍiːt]"
}
],
"word": "hwit"
}
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