hwæþerの英語

語源

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

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈxwæ.θer/, [ˈʍæ.ðer]

代名詞

hwæþer

1. who or what (of two)

接続詞

hwæþer

1. whether
2. used to introduce a question

使用する際の注意点

"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 または not").

派生した語

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

参照

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