hwelc
التعريفات والمعاني
== Old English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
hwilċ, hwylċ, hwælċ
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz ~ *hwalīkaz (“what kind of”), a compound of *hwaz and *-līkaz.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /xwelt͡ʃ/, [ʍeɫt͡ʃ]
=== Determiner ===
hwelċ
which
The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
c. 992, Ælfric, "Of the Catholic Faith"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost"
what
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Navitivity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Second Sunday in the Lord's Advent"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of the Saint John The Apostle"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday After Easter"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Blessed Stephen Protomartyr"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Third Sunday After the Lord's Epiphany"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost"
c. 992, Ælfric, "For the Holy Day of Pentecost"
c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Second Sunday after Easter"
c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
what kind of, what sort of
The Legend of St. Andrew
c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"
c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
some, any
c. 992, Ælfric, "Dedication of the Church of St. Michael The Archangel"
11th century, "Æcerbot Charm"
=== Pronoun ===
hwelċ
which one
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 19:16-19
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Invention of the Holy Cross"
anyone, anything; someone, something
who
The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
==== Declension ====
=== Interjection ===
hwelċ
what (used in exclamations)
c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
==== Derived terms ====
ǣlċ
ġehwelċ
hwelcnes
swa hwelċ swa
==== Descendants ====
English: which
Scots: whilk