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hwǽr

  • adverb
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Grammar
hwǽr, [or hwær?], hwar; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§52; §194; §558;
Where.
in direct questions
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  • Gyf ic cweþe

    ubi posuisti meum librum,

    hwǽr lédest ðú míne bóc ðonne is se

    ubi interrogativum ðæt is áxigendlíc,
    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 40, 60.

  • Hwǽr ys se Judéa cyning ðe ácenned ys

    ubi est qui natus est rex Judæorum?

    • Mt. Kmbl. 2, 2.

  • Hwǽr cwom mearg hwǽr cwom mago hwǽr cwom máððumgyfa

    where is the steed gone, where the rider, where the giver of treasure?

    • Exon. 77 b
      • ;
    • Th. 291, 34
      • ;
    • Wand. 92
      • :
    • Cd. 213
      • ;
    • Th. 267, 11
      • ;
    • Sat. 36
      • .
in dependent clauses
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  • Gif ic cweþe

    tu scis ubi liber tuus est

    ðonne biþ ubi relativum. Gif ic cweðe

    nescio ubi inveniam meum librum

    ,

    nát ic hwǽr ic finde míne bóc, ðonne biþ se

    ubi infinitivum,
    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 40, 61.

  • Ic næbbe hwǽr ic mǽge ealle míne wæstmas gegaderian

    I have not where I may gather together all my fruits,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 104, 16
      • :
    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 20
      • .

  • Hí gesáwon hwǽr hé ða deádan tó lífe árǽrde,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 414, 8
      • :
    • Cd. 32
      • ;
    • Th. 41, 35
      • ;
    • Gen. 667
      • .

  • Hwǽr mon unsófte getilaþ on forewearde ða ádle

    where the treatment is severe in the early stage of the disease,

    • L. M. 2, 46
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 260, 15
      • .

  • Lóca hwǽr ðæt blód útwealle

    see where the blood wells out,

    • Lchdm. iii. 142, 15
      • :
    • 226, 13
      • .

  • Ðá frægn wuldres aldor cain hwǽr abel eorþan wǽre

    the Prince of glory asked Cain where on earth Abel was,

    • Cd. 48
      • ;
    • Th. 61, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 1003
      • .

  • Ic séce míne gebróðru hwar hig healdon hyra heorda,

    • Gen. 37, 16
      • .
indefinite,
anywhere, somewhere
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  • Gyf hý hwǽr hit tóbræcaþ

    if they violate it anywhere,

    • L. Ælfc. C. 34
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 356, 16
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 170, 18
      • :
    • 482, 26
      • .

  • Gif se líchoma hwǽr mid hefiglícre hǽto sý gebysgod,

    • Herb. 2, 6
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 82, 8
      • .

  • Swǽ gelǽrede biscepas swǽ swǽ nú wel hwǽr [or welhwǽr] siendon

    bishops so learned as now are nearly everywhere,

    • Past. pref. Swt. 9, 5
      • :
    • Chr. 897
      • ;
    • Erl. 95, 19
      • .

  • Elles hwǽr

    elsewhere,

    • Beo. Th. 277
      • ;
    • B. 138
      • .

  • Hý writon hwǽr ánne dóm hwǽr óðerne

    they wrote at one place one doom, at another another,

    • L. Alf. 49
      • ;
    • Th. i. 58, 16
      • .
combined with swá,
wheresoever, wherever
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  • Swá hwǽr swá hold biþ

    ubicunque fuerit corpus,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 24, 28
      • .

  • Swá hwǽr swá hé on wíc oððe on túnas eode

    quocunque introibat in vicos vel in villas,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 56
      • .

  • Swá hwǽr swá

    ubicunque,

    • 14, 9.
Etymology
[
A. R. hwar
;
O. and N. hwar, war
:
Orm. whær
:
Laym. whær, wher
:
Chauc. Wick. Piers P. wher
:
Ayenb. huer
:
Goth. hwar
:
O. Sax. hwár
:
O. Frs. hwér
:
Icel. hvar
:
O. H. Ger. hwár.
]
Derived forms
á-, ǽ-, ǽg-, ge-, gewel-, ná-, nát-, ó-, wel-hwǽr
Linked entries
v.  hwára hwar.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hwǽr.” 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/20046.

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  • hwǽr, adv.

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