hwær
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *hwar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]hwǣr
- 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?
- anywhere, somewhere