Old English · phrase
hu færest þu
- Part of speech
- phrase
- IPA
- /xuː ˈfæ.rest θuː/[huː ˈfæ.rest θuː]
- Syllables
- xuː · ˈfæ · rest · θuː (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- how farest thoufaring
Meaning
-
how are you (literally "how are you faring")
Hui, hū færest þū?
Hey, how's it going?
c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Descendants
how farest thou
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