"gehwær" meaning in Old English

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Adverb

IPA: /jeˈxwæːr/, [jeˈʍæːr] Forms: ġehwǣr [canonical]
Etymology: From ġe- + hwǣr. Etymology templates: {{prefix|ang|ġe-|hwǣr}} ġe- + hwǣr Head templates: {{ang-adv|ġehwǣr}} ġehwǣr
  1. everywhere
    Sense id: en-gehwær-ang-adv-EcIJtDcm Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with ge-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
  2. elsewhere
    Sense id: en-gehwær-ang-adv-ext2Puj2 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
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          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Purification of St. Mary\"\nHit is awriten on Crístes béc, and ġehwǣr on oþrum bocum, þæt fela witegan and rihtwise men woldan geseon Cristes to-cyme, ac hit næs na him getiðod, ac wæs getiðod þisum ealdan men; forðam þe hit is be him awriten, þæt he cwæde dæġhwāmlīce on his gebedum, \"Ela, hwænne cymð se Hælend?",
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