Old English · adverb
hwærhwugu
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈxwæːrˌxwu.ɡu/[ˈʍæːrˌʍu.ɣu]
- Syllables
- ˈxwæːr · ˌxwu · ɡu (3 syllables)
Meaning
somewhere
Ǣlċ þing þæt is is hwǣrhwugu.
Everything that exists is somewhere.
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Etymology
hwǣr + -hwugu
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