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Old English · adverb

þær

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/θæːr/
Syllables
θæːr (1 syllable)
Modern English
thereifwhere

Meaning

  1. there

    c. 1011, "Byrhtferth's Manual", line 125

    Now there is one left; give that April.

  2. 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"
  3. 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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