hwæþer

== Old English == === Alternative forms === hwæðer hweþer, hweðer === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, see also Old High German wedar, Old Norse hvaðarr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxwæ.θer/, [ˈʍæ.ðer] === Pronoun === hwæþer who or what (of two) === Conjunction === hwæþer whether late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter" used to introduce a question ==== 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"). ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: whether Scots: quhether, quhither, whedder English: whether === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Hwæþer”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.