hwær

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xwæːr/, [ʍæːr]

Adverb

hwǣr (West Saxon, early Kentish)

  1. where
    Hwǣr eart þū?
    Where are you?
    Hwǣr wunast þū?
    Where do you live?
    Hwǣr sind þā cȳ? Iċ hīe sēċe.
    Where are the cows? I'm looking for them.
    • c. 900, the Old English Boethius
      Hwǣr sind nū þæs Wēlandes bān, oþþe hwā wāt nū hwǣr hīe wǣron?
      Where are Wayland's bones now, and who knows where they were anymore?
  2. anywhere, somewhere

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: wher, where, wheir, whare, were, qwere
    • English: where, quhair, quhar, quher, quhere (all obsolete)
    • Scots: whaur
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