"æghwæþer" meaning in Old English

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Pronoun

IPA: /ˈæːjˌxwæ.θer/, [ˈæːjˌʍæ.ðer] Forms: ǣġhwæþer [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *aiwon (“always”) ( > Old English ā) + *gahwaþera (“each”) (> Old English ġehwæþer). Ultimately pertaining to *aiw + *hwaþar. Cognate with Old Saxon eogihwethar, Old High German eogihwedar. Etymology templates: {{der|ang|gmw-pro|*aiwon||always}} Proto-West Germanic *aiwon (“always”), {{cog|ang|ā}} Old English ā, {{cog|ang|ġehwæþer}} Old English ġehwæþer, {{cog|osx|eogihwethar}} Old Saxon eogihwethar, {{cog|goh|eogihwedar}} Old High German eogihwedar Head templates: {{head|ang|pronoun|head=ǣġhwæþer}} ǣġhwæþer
  1. each (of two)
    Sense id: en-æghwæþer-ang-pron-7rH30Wvb Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English pronouns, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Old English pronouns: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0
  2. both
    Sense id: en-æghwæþer-ang-pron-~3dyBTq~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ǣġþer, āðer [contraction]
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          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nGyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?",
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          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nGyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?",
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      "ipa": "[ˈæːjˌʍæ.ðer]"
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      "word": "āðer"
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