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Definition 2024
hwit
hwit
Old English
Adjective
hwīt (comparative hwītra, superlative hwītost)
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | hwīta | hwīte | hwīte | hwītan | nom. | hwīt | hwīte | hwīt | hwīta, -e | ||||
| accusative | hwītan | hwīte | hwītan | acc. | hwītne | hwīt | hwīte | hwīte | hwīt | hwīta, -e | |||
| genitive | hwītan | hwītra, hwītena | gen. | hwītes | hwītes | hwītre | hwītra | ||||||
| dative | hwītan | hwītum | dat. | hwītum | hwītum | hwītre | hwītum | ||||||
| instrumental | hwīte | ||||||||||||
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos. Cognate with Old English and Old Frisian hwīt, Old High German wīz, Old Norse hvítr.
Adjective
hwīt (comparative hwītoro, superlative hwītost)
- white
- that ostana en scoldi skinan himiltungal huit
- From the east came to shine a white heavenly body (Heliand, verse 590)
- that ostana en scoldi skinan himiltungal huit
Declension
Positive forms of hwīt
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | hwīt | hwīte | hwīt | hwīte | hwīt | hwītu |
| accusative | hwītana | hwīte | hwīt | hwīte | hwīta | hwītu |
| genitive | hwītes | hwītarō | hwītes | hwītarō | hwītaro | hwītarō |
| dative | hwītumu | hwītum | hwītumu | hwītum | hwītaro | hwītum |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | hwīto | hwītu | hwīta | hwītu | hwīta | hwītu |
| accusative | hwītun | hwītun | hwīta | hwītun | hwītun | hwītun |
| genitive | hwītun | hwītonō | hwītun | hwītonō | hwītun | hwītonō |
| dative | hwītun | hwītum | hwītun | hwītum | hwītun | hwītum |
Comparative forms of hwīt (weak only)
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | hwītoro | hwītoru | hwītora | hwītoru | hwītora | hwītoru |
| accusative | hwītorun | hwītorun | hwītora | hwītorun | hwītorun | hwītorun |
| genitive | hwītorun | hwītoronō | hwītorun | hwītoronō | hwītorun | hwītoronō |
| dative | hwītorun | hwītorum | hwītorun | hwītorum | hwītorun | hwītorum |
Superlative forms of hwīt
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | hwītost | hwītoste | hwītost | hwītoste | hwītost | hwītostu |
| accusative | hwītostana | hwītoste | hwītost | hwītoste | hwītosta | hwītostu |
| genitive | hwītostes | hwītostarō | hwītostes | hwītostarō | hwītostaro | hwītostarō |
| dative | hwītostumu | hwītostum | hwītostumu | hwītostum | hwītostaro | hwītostum |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | hwītosto | hwītostu | hwītosta | hwītostu | hwītosta | hwītostu |
| accusative | hwītostun | hwītostun | hwītosta | hwītostun | hwītostun | hwītostun |
| genitive | hwītostun | hwītostonō | hwītostun | hwītostonō | hwītostun | hwītostonō |
| dative | hwītostun | hwītostum | hwītostun | hwītostum | hwītostun | hwītostum |