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á-hwæþer

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Wright's OE grammar
§471;
Add: ,áwþer, ówþer, áuþer, áþor Either.
pronoun
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  • Ne can þára idesa ówðer beorna neáwest,

      Gen. 2466.

  • Ǽr þára folca áþer fluge,

      Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 25.

  • Sieððan hé hit mid ðára áwðrum (áþrum,

      Cott. MSS.) cýð, Past. 157, 21.

  • Gif hé áuðer ðissa forlǽt,

      87, 14.

  • Gif hé ðǽra þénunga áþere déð,

      Wlfst. 34, 7.

  • Sé ðe áðor forlǽt,

      Hml. S. 25, 68. I a.
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  • Þæt nán crísten man ne móte his ælmessan áhwæþer behátan oððe tó bringan,

      Wlfst. 303, 14.

  • Be menn þe sealmas singð áwðer oþþe for hine sylfne oððe for óðerne mann,

      Ps. Th. 30, arg. Áuðer oððe . . . oððe, Past. 281, 12.

  • Hé forbýt ǽlcum men áðor tó bycganne oððe tó syllanne,

      Wlfst. 200, 3.

  • Áðor oþþe on bóclande oþþe on folclande,

      Ll. Th. i. 160, 11.

  • Áþer oðþe on kycenan, oþþe on héderne, oþþe on bæcerne, oþþe on wyrtúne, oðþe on ǽnigum óðerum cræfte,

      R. Ben. 71, 17.

  • Áþer oððe ettan oððe erian,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 25. v. áðor in Dict.
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v.  ówþer hwæþer áþer.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-hwæþer.” 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/38390.

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