hwæthwugu

somewhat

Þæt sǣd þe bufon ðām stǣniġum lande fēol sprytte hwæthwega, ac ðāðā sēo hǣte cōm, ðā forsċranc hit, forðan ðe hit næfde nǣnne wǣtan.

The seed that fell upon the stony ground sprouted somewhat, but when the heat came, it withered, for it never had any moisture.

Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

something

Sæġe mē hwæthwugu uncūðes.

Tell me something I don't know.

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy