hwelc

Senses

1. which

   Hwelċes blēos is þīn hemeþe?

   What color is your shirt?

2. what

   Sē Hǣlend ġeswutelode for hwilcum intingan ðēos tōstenċednys þǣre byriġ ġelumpe, ðāðā hē cwæð,... Jesus showed for what cause this dispersion of the city happened, when he said,... '...þæt hēo on ðām forðsīðe oncnāwe mid hwilcum fēondum hēo ymbset bið,...

   ...that on its departure it may know by what foes it is beset,...

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost"

3. what kind of, what sort of

   Hwelċe bēċ rǣtst þū?

   What kind of books do you read?

4. some, any

   Ġif hwilċ sibling þe bið swā dēorwurðe swā ðīn ēage,...

   If any relation be as dear to thee as thine eye,...

   c. 992, Ælfric, "Dedication of the Church of St. Michael The Archangel"

Senses

1. what (used in exclamations)

   O is a vocative adverb: O magister, doce me! ("Oh teacher, teach me!") It also expresses admiration: O qualis facies! ("Oh, what a face!").

   c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English Ō is tōclipiendlīċ bīword: Ō magister, docē mē! ("Ēalā þū lārēow, tǣċ mē!

Senses

1. which one

   Þȳ hwelċ ēower dyde þæt þing?

   So which one of you did the thing?

2. anyone, anything; someone, something

3. who

   Saga mē, hwylċ man ǣrest wǣre wið hund sprecende?

   Tell me, who was the first man that spake with a dog?

   The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn

Declension · strong