"whereso" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Etymology: From Middle English whereso; equivalent to where + so; compare Old English hwǣr swā. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whereso}} Middle English whereso, {{compound|en|where|so}} where + so, {{cog|ang|hwǣr swā}} Old English hwǣr swā Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} whereso (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) wheresoever; regardless of which place Tags: archaic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-whereso-en-adv-Yua6htH1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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        {
          "ref": "1900, Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris, The Story of Grettir The Strong",
          "text": "Thrand answered that whereso he was, he would still be deemed a brave man, \"And now it is meet for thee to settle down and get married, and I would put forth my word and help, if I but knew whereto thou lookest.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1915, Edward Carpenter, The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife",
          "text": "But when Commercial and Colonial expansion became a definite and avowed object of the former's policy, she found, whereso she might look, that Britain was there, in the way--\"everywhere British colonies, British coaling stations, and floating over a fifth of the globe the British flag.\"",
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          "text": "But when Commercial and Colonial expansion became a definite and avowed object of the former's policy, she found, whereso she might look, that Britain was there, in the way--\"everywhere British colonies, British coaling stations, and floating over a fifth of the globe the British flag.\"",
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