hwæþer

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, whence also Old High German wedar, Old Norse hvaðarr

Adjective

hwæþer

which (of the two)

Quotations

Andswarode mē sum þing, ic nāt hwæt, hweþer þe ic self þe ōþer þing.
- Andswarode me sum ðing, ic nat hwæt, hweðer þe ic sylf þe oder þing (original spelling)
Something answered me, I ne wot what, whether it was me or something else.

Descendants

Middle English: whether
- Scots: quhether, quhither, whedder
- English: whether

References

Bosworth, Joseph. "An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online." Hwæþer. July 6, 2010. Accessed August 28, 2016. http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/053473.

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