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hwæðer

  • conjunction
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Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.
Wright's OE grammar
§41; §218; §325; §470; §560;
Whether,
in direct questions
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  • Hwæðer ic móte lybban óþ ðæt ic hine geseó

    may I live till I see him?

    • Homl. Th. i. 136, 30.

  • Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde?

    • Bt. Met. Fox 19, 9, 29
      • ;
    • Met. 19, 5, 15
      • .

  • Hwæðer ðe ðín eáge mánful ys forðam ðe ic gód eom

    an oculus tuus nequam est, quia ego bonus sum?

    • Mt. Kmbl. 20, 15
      • .

  • Hwæðer cweþe wé ðe úre ðe ðæra engla

    shall we say ours or the angels?

    • Homl. Th. i. 220, 20
      • .

  • Cwyst ðú hwæðer ic hyt sí

    numquid ego sum?

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 25.
in dependent clauses
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  • Lǽtaþ ðæt wé geseón hwæðer elias cume

    sinite videamus si veniat helias,

    • Mk. Skt. 15, 36
      • .

  • Gregorius befran hwæðer ðæs landes folc cristen wǽre ðe hǽðen.

    • Homl. Th. ii. 120, 23.

  • Hí nysten hwæðer hé on Godes mihte ða þing worhte ðe þurh deófles cræft,

    • Guthl. 17
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 70, 17
      • .

  • Swíðe hræðe æfter ðon hé gecýðde hwæðer hé mǽnde ðe ðæs módes fóster ðe ðæs líchoman

    qui hoc in loco pastionem cordis an corporis suaderet, aperuit,

    • Past. 18, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 137, 18
      • .

  • Hwæðer hit sig ðe sóþ ðe leás

    utrum vera an falsa sint,

    • Gen. 42, 16
      • .

  • Josep áxode hig hwæðer hira fæder wǽre hál oððe hwæðer hé lyfode

    ille interrogavit eos dicens: Salvusne est pater vester? adhuc vivit?

    • 43, 27
      • .

  • Sceáwiaþ ðæt land hwæðer hit wæstmbǽre sí ... and hwæðer ðæt landfolc sí tó gefeohte stranglíc oððe untrumlíc, feáwa on getele hwæðer ðe fela,

    • Num. 13, 19-20
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. hweðar
:
O. Frs. hweder
;
Icel. hvárt
:
O. H. Ger. hwedar.
]
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v. preceding word.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hwæðer.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20066.

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