Old English · adverb
hwær
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /xwæːr/[ʍæːr]
- Syllables
- xwæːr (1 syllable)
Meaning
where
Hwǣr eart þū?
Where are you?
anywhere, somewhere
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.
Descendants
quhar, quher, quhere, where
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