hwæþer
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, see also Old High German wedar, Old Norse hvaðarr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxwæ.θer/, [ˈʍæ.ðer]
Usage notes
"Whether... or..." is rendered with þē instead of oþþe: Sē cyning wolde fandian hwæðer Eġel swā wel sċute swā man sæġde þē nā ("The king wanted to test whether Egil shot as well as they said or not").
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Hwæþer”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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