hwær

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hwæːr/

Adverb

hwǣr

  1. where
    Hwǣr eart þū?
    Where are you?
    Hwǣr wunast þū?
    Where do you live?
    • 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, or who knows where they were?
  2. anywhere, somewhere

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • āhwǣr
  • ǣġhwǣr
  • hwǣrhwega
  • nāhwǣr
  • nāthwǣr

Descendants
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