hwæþer

Old English

Alternative forms

• hƿæþer — wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, whence also Old High German wedar, Old Norse hvaðarr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxwæ.θer/, [ˈʍæ.ðer]

Pronoun

hwæþer

1. which (of two)

Conjunction

hwæþer

1. whether
2. used to introduce a question

Descendants

• Middle English: whether
  • Scots: quhether, quhither, whedder
  • English: whether

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Hwæþer”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.