how farest thou
English
Etymology
Occurs already as Old English hū færest þū, literally “how are you going or traveling.”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haʊ ˈfɛəɹɪst ðaʊ/
Phrase
- (obsolete) how are you?, how's it going?
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra:
- POMPEY: "I know thee now. How farest thou, soldier?" ENOBARBUS: "Well. And well am like to do, for I perceive four feasts are toward."