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in a principal clause with which is connected a dependent clause introduced
by þeáh.
þeáh ... hwaeþere
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  • Þeáh hé hié mannum missenlíce dǽle, hwæþere hé bebeád ꝥ wé ... gedǽlan ... þone teóþan dǽl,

      Bl. H. 39, 18.

  • Þeáh hé latode ..., hwæþre hé ... þegnunga gefylde,

      167, 8: Ph. 640.

  • Þáh ... huoeðre

    etsi ... tamen,

      Lk. L. 18, 5.
  • (a α) þeáh þe ... hwæþere :---
hwæþere ... þeáh
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  • Hwæþre hé getrymede heora geleáfan mid þon heofonlicon weorce, þeáh hié word þæs heofonlican gerýnes ne ongeáton,

      Bl. H. 17, 7.
  • (b α) hwæþere ... Þeáh þe :-- Hwæðre þæt gegongeð, þeáh þe hit sý greóte beþeaht, Dóm. 98.

  • Nó hwæþre ... þeáh þe ...,

      Gen. 952.
by gif
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  • Gif (

    etsi ne selles for ðon friónd his bið, fore giornise huoeðre (tamen )

    his seleð him,
      Lk. L. 11, 8.

  • Gif se hund losige, gá þeós bót hwæðere forð,

      Ll. Th. i. 78, 6.
by a particle expressing time
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  • Syþþan hié ðæt feoh onféngon, ne mihtan hié hweðre forswígian,

      Bl. H. 177, 31.

  • Ðá hé þá gesihþe geseah, þá ne wæs hé hweðre nóht feor on oferhygd áhafen,

      215, 32.
in a co-ordinate clause.
introducing the clause
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  • Wandode se wísa; hwæðre hé cwæð, Ðan. 550: An. 504: Kr. 38: 101: Ps. 68, 3. ¶ with another particle :-- God swá forlǽteþ sweltan his corenan, þá þonne hwæþre (

    tamen

    ) hé ne lǽteþ ná beón forholene æfter deáþe,
      Gr. D. 294, 5.
within a clause,
however, yet
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  • Manigfeald wundor ðǽr beóð æteówed, ealles oftost hweðre on ðǽm dæge,

      Bl. H. 209, 16.

  • Ðegnas his geuundradon ... nǽnig monn hueðre (

    tamen

    ) cueð ...,
      Jn. L. R. 4, 27.

  • Gesæh gegesettedo ðá hræglo, nó huoeðre inn eóde,

      20, 5: Crä. 32: Met. 28, 170.
however, but
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  • Alle swǽ huelce cuoeðas, dóas; æfter werc hueðre (

    uero

    ) hiora nallas gé gedóa,
      Mt. L. 23, 3.

  • Nú hueðre (

    uero

    ) cuoeð,
      Jn. L. 9, 41.

  • Ðis gedd cuæð se Hǽlend, ðá ilco huoeðre (

    autem

    ) ne ongetton,
      10, 6: 13, 7: 15, 24: 17, 25.

  • Hé wæs on Pannania on woruld cumen; wæs hé hweðre in Italia áféded,

      Bl. H. 211, 17: 19.
in a clause referring to a previous sentence or group of clauses.
introducing the clause,
yet
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  • Geþencean wé ꝥ Drihten his englas gesceóp ...; ealle stówa hé gefylleþ ... and ǽghwár hé biþ andweard; hwæþere hé hine geeáþmédde, Bl. H. 23, 21: B. 574: 970: 2298: An. 51. ¶ with another particle :-- Þonne hwæþre (

    tamen

    ) ús is genóh cúð,
      Gr. D. 320, 26.
within a clause,
however
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  • Se bisceop þá þǽr gesette góde sangeras ...: næs hweðre nǽnig man þe nihtes tídum dorste on þǽre ciricean cuman, Bl. H. 207, 34: Dan. 168: (

    tamen

    )
      Jn. L. R. 7, 13.

  • Ongeat hwæþre...,

      Gen. 1863: Men. 68: Ph. 443: Met. 20, 74.
however, but
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  • Inhlógan hine. Hé huedre (

    uero

    ) ... genóm ðone fæder ...,
      Mk. L. R. 5, 40.

  • Ne ðus is huoeðre (

    autem

    ) in iúih,
      10, 43: Jn. L. 20, 17.

  • Huæðre,

      6, 6.

  • Dǽle hé hwæðre ...,

      Ll. Th. i. 86, 6.
in a clause connected with a preceding one by another conjunction.
and
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  • Hé ús lǽrde hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, and hwæþere cwæþ, 'Eówer Fæder wát hwæs eów þearf biþ, ǽr gé hine biddan,' Bl. H. 19, 36: 23, 28: 75,

      24, 28: 103, 19.
  • Ll. Th. i. 100, 6: Sal. 438: Cri. 1378: El. 719.

  • Þæt wundra sum monnum þúhte ..., and þæt hwæþre gelomp,

      Gú. 491. (1 a) and þá (þonne) hwæþere :-- Ðá ne
    dorstan hí nó him geneálǽcan, and þá hwæþre férde hé mid him, Shrn. 76, 29.

  • Cwyst þú ꝥ þé nǽre cúð ꝥ ic ne cúðe Grécisc geþeóde? and þonne hwæþre (

    et tamen

    ) sprec nú on
      Grécisc, Gr. D. 300, 16.
eác
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  • Eorðe ælgréno, eác hwæþre ceald,

      Met. 20, 78.
ac
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  • Genóh wel wát God hú hit getímað on þǽre fandunge; ac hwæðere se man næfð ná mycele geðincðe búton hé áfandad sý,

      Hml. Th. i. 268, 17.

  • Þá hǽþenan men tó lócodan, ah hié hweþre wǽron tó ðæs swíðe gefyrhte þæt heora nǽnig him wiþstandan ne dorste,

      Bl. H. 221, 34.

  • Ah miltsa þú hweþre ús,

      225, 20.

  • Ac hé him tó frófre lét hwæðere forð wesan ...,

      Gen. 955.
  • v. ge-hwæþere, sóþ-hwæþere.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hwæþere.” 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/53474.

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