Old English · adverb
nahwær
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈnɑːˌxwæːr/[ˈnɑːˌʍæːr]
- Syllables
- ˈnɑː · ˌxwæːr (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- nowherenever
Meaning
-
nowhere (in no place)
Iċ sōhte mīnne codd, ac hē næs nāhwǣr tō findenne.
I looked for my bag, but it was nowhere to be found.
-
never, in no case
Foresetnessa ne bēoþ nāhwǣr āna, ac bēoþ ǣfre tō sumum ōðrum worde ġefēġeda.
Prepositions never occur by themselves, but are always joined to some other word.
c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice -
in no respect, not at all
Eall mancynn and eall nīetenu ne notiaþ nāhwǣr nēah fēorðan dǣles þisse Eorðan.
All of mankind and all the animals use nowhere near a quarter of this Earth.
c. 900, the Old English Boethius
Etymology
nā (“no”) + hwǣr (“where”).
Descendants
nowhere
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