Old English · adverb
þær
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /θæːr/
- Syllables
- θæːr (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- thereifwhere
Meaning
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there
c. 1011, "Byrhtferth's Manual", line 125
Now there is one left; give that April.
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where
Simon, ðaða he ðam folce ætwunden wæs, getígde ænne ormǽtne ryððan innan ðam geate þǣr Petrus inn hæfde, þæt he fǽrlice hine abítan sceolde.
Simon, when he had escaped from the people, tied a huge mastiff within the gate where Peter had his dwelling, that he might suddenly devour him.
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul" -
if
medwīsum men, · mē þæt sylfe, þǣr wiht wite, · ond wordum mīn on spēd mæġe · spel ġeseċġan.
It is, however, grateful to my servant, half-wit folks, even to myself, if a thing would know and could tell successfully my tale with words.
Sē þēah biþ on þonce · þeġne mīnum,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar, whence also Old High German dār, Old Norse þar.
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