hwæþer

Old English

Alternative forms

hƿæþer

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhwæθer/, [ˈhwæðer]

Pronoun

hwæþer

which (of two)

Conjunction

hwæþer

whether
used to introduce a question

Descendants

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

References

Bosworth, Joseph. "An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online." Hwæþer. http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/053473

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