hwæthwugu
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxwætˌxwu.ɡu/, [ˈʍætˌʍu.ɣu]
Pronoun
hwæthwugu
- something
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- Sæġe mē hwæthwugu uncūðes.
- Tell me something I don't know.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- On ǣlcum treowe iċ ġeseah hwæthwugu þæs þe iċ æt hām beþorfte.
- In every tree, I saw something that I needed at home.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
Usage notes
- The first element hwæt declines like the independent word hwæt, while the suffix -hwugu is indeclinable.
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