Old English · pronoun
ægþer
- Part of speech
- pronoun
- IPA
- /ˈæːj.θer/[ˈæːj.ðer]
- Syllables
- ˈæːj · θer (2 syllables)
Meaning
each (of two)
An. DCCCCXLV Hēr Ēadmund cing oferhergode eall Cumbraland, ⁊ hit lēt eall tō Malculme Sċotta cinge on þæt ġerād þæt hē wǣre his midwyrhta æġþer ġe on sǣ ġe on lande.
Year 945 In this year King Edmund overran all of Cumberland, and let it all to King Malcom of Scotland, on the condition that he would be his cooperator on both sea and land.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Etymology
Contraction of æghwæþer.
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