A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ hwæs] I. sharp, piercing, Cr 1444.

[II.] gs. of [hwā], [hwæt].

[ hwǣsan⁷] (ē) to ‘wheeze,’ breathe hard, Æ.

[ hwǣst]? blowing, v. OEG 2452n.

[ hwǣstrian] (ā) to murmur, mutter, NG.

[ hwǣstrung] (ā) f. murmur, whispering, muttering.

[ hwæt] I. (neut. of [hwā], which see) adv. why, wherefore: indeed, surely, truly, for: interj. what! lo! (calls attention to a following statement) ah! behold! Æ.

[II.] adj. (obl. cases have hwat-) sharp, brisk, quick, active: bold, brave, AO.

[III.] (CP) pres. 3 sg. of [hwettan].

[ +hwæt] (Cr) neut. of +hwā. [‘i-hwat’]