á-hwár

Old English Dictionary Entry

á-hwár

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: á-hwǽr. a-hwar

Definitions

1 á-hwár

adv. I. somewhere, anywhere; alicubi :-- De he áhwár gefremode that he anywhere occasioned, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 6. Ahwár on lande anywhere within the land, L. E. G. 11; Th. i. 172, 21. II. in any wise; quoquo modo :-- And se man, ðe wiðcwiþ ðínum bebodum [Grn. wordum] áhwár, beo he deáþes scildig and the man, who shall in any wise contradict [speak against] thy commands [Grn. words], he shall be guilty of death, Jos. l, 18.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚻᚹᚪᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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