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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "āhwǣr"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ǣġhwǣr"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hwǣrhwugu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nāhwǣr"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nāthwǣr"
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "wher"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: wher, where, wheir, whare, were, qwere\nEnglish: where, quhair, quhar, quher, quhere (all obsolete)\nScots: whaur",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: wher, where, wheir, whare, were, qwere\nEnglish: where, quhair, quhar, quher, quhere (all obsolete)\nScots: whaur"
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hwār"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwār",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"3": "*hwar"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hwǣr",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "hwār",
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"alternative",
"Late-West-Saxon"
]
},
{
"form": "hwēr",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwœ̄r",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wēr",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wār",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "West Saxon",
"3": "early Kentish"
},
"expansion": "(West Saxon, early Kentish)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "adv",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hwanon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hwæder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "þǣr"
}
],
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"_dis": "55 45",
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "West Saxon Old English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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0,
4
]
],
"english": "Where are you?",
"text": "Hwǣr eart þū?",
"type": "example"
},
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0,
4
]
],
"english": "Where do you live?",
"text": "Hwǣr wunast þū?",
"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
4
]
],
"english": "Where are the cows? I'm looking for them.",
"text": "Hwǣr sind þā cȳ? Iċ hīe sēċe.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Where are Wayland's bones now, and who knows where they were anymore?",
"text": "c. 900, the Old English Boethius\nHwǣr sind nū þæs Wēlandes bān, oþþe hwā wāt nū hwǣr hīe wǣron?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"where"
],
"id": "en-hwær-ang-adv-tIERwQxl",
"links": [
[
"where",
"where"
]
]
},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 45",
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},
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"anywhere, somewhere"
],
"id": "en-hwær-ang-adv-BnxDZh44",
"links": [
[
"anywhere",
"anywhere"
],
[
"somewhere",
"somewhere"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/xwæːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʍæːr]"
}
],
"word": "hwær"
}
{
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"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"West Saxon Old English"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "āhwǣr"
},
{
"word": "ǣġhwǣr"
},
{
"word": "hwǣrhwugu"
},
{
"word": "nāhwǣr"
},
{
"word": "nāthwǣr"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "wher"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: wher, where, wheir, whare, were, qwere\nEnglish: where, quhair, quhar, quher, quhere (all obsolete)\nScots: whaur",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: wher, where, wheir, whare, were, qwere\nEnglish: where, quhair, quhar, quher, quhere (all obsolete)\nScots: whaur"
}
],
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hwār"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"3": "*hwar"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.",
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"form": "hwǣr",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "hwār",
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"alternative",
"Late-West-Saxon"
]
},
{
"form": "hwēr",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwœ̄r",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wēr",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wār",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "hwǣr"
},
"expansion": "hwǣr",
"name": "ang-adv"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "West Saxon",
"3": "early Kentish"
},
"expansion": "(West Saxon, early Kentish)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "adv",
"related": [
{
"word": "hwanon"
},
{
"word": "hwæder"
},
{
"word": "þǣr"
}
],
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"Old English terms with usage examples"
],
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[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "Where are you?",
"text": "Hwǣr eart þū?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "Where do you live?",
"text": "Hwǣr wunast þū?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "Where are the cows? I'm looking for them.",
"text": "Hwǣr sind þā cȳ? Iċ hīe sēċe.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Where are Wayland's bones now, and who knows where they were anymore?",
"text": "c. 900, the Old English Boethius\nHwǣr sind nū þæs Wēlandes bān, oþþe hwā wāt nū hwǣr hīe wǣron?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"where"
],
"links": [
[
"where",
"where"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"anywhere, somewhere"
],
"links": [
[
"anywhere",
"anywhere"
],
[
"somewhere",
"somewhere"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/xwæːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʍæːr]"
}
],
"word": "hwær"
}
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