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hwæðere

  • adverb
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Grammar
hwæðere, hwæðre, hwæððre, hweðre; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§560;
Yet, however, nevertheless
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  • Ac nǽnig hwæðere him gelíce dón ne mihte

    but none however could do like him,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 596, 39.

  • Hwæðere ðú meaht mé singan

    attamen mihi cantare habes,

    • 597, 15
      • .

  • Hwæðere for fremsumnysse

    tamen pro benignitate,

    • 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 493, 7
      • .

  • Hwæðere

    verumtamen,

    • Ps. Th. 61, 5, 9
      • :
    • 67, 21
      • .

  • Ðeáh ðe ... hwæðere

    although ... yet,

    • Beo. Th. 3441
      • ;
    • B. 1718.

  • Ne ðú hweðere on móde milde weorþest eallum

    non miseraris omnibus,

    • Ps. Th. 58, 5
      • .

  • Nó hweðere reste fand

    did not find rest however,

    • Cd. 72
      • ;
    • Th. 87, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 1456
      • .

  • Hwæþre hé getrymede heora geleáfan mid ðon heofonlícon weorce ðeáh hie ðæt word ðæs heofonlícan gerýnes ne ongeáton,

    • Blickl. Homl. 17, 7
      • .

  • Hwæðre ðeáh

    however,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 108
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 54.

  • Hwæðre swá ðeáh,

    • Beo. Th. 4876
      • ;
    • B. 2442.

  • Hwæððre,

    • Past. 56, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 431, 26
      • .

  • Hweðre,

    • Blickl. Homl. 125, 31
      • :
    • 207, 34
      • .
Similar entries
v. ðeáh-hwæðere.
Linked entries
v.  ge-hwæðere.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hwæðere.” 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/20067.

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  • hwæðere, adv.

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