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Old English · adverb

hwæder

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈxwæ.der/
[ˈʍæ.der]
Syllables
ˈxwæ · der (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. where (to what place), whither

    Iċ nāt hwæder iċ fare.

    I don't know where I'm going.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwadrê. Cognate with Gothic (ƕadrē).

Descendants

whither

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