Old English · adverb
swa hwilc swa
- Part of speech
- adverb
- Modern English
- whatsoever
Meaning
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whatsoever
And swā hwilce byrðene swā him dēofol on-besette, þā hī bǣron.
And whatsoever burthen the devil set on them they bare.
c. 992, Ælfric, "For Palm Sunday"
Etymology
From swa (“so”) + hwilc (“what”) + swa (“so”)
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