nahwær
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Old English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
nāhwǣr
- 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
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
- 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
- c. 900, the Old English Boethius
- 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
Related terms[edit]
- nāhwæder (“to nowhere”)
- nāhwanon (“from nowhere”)
- āhwǣr (“anywhere”)
- āhwæder (“to anywhere”)
- āhwanon (“from anywhere”)
Descendants[edit]
- English: nowhere