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† though-whether, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 þeah-hwæþere, 2 þeah-, þæh-, þahwhweðre, -weþere, -weðer, 3 þohhwheþþre (Orm.), þeih hweðere, þohqueþer, -ir, 4 þoh-, þo-, do-, þou-, þof-, þe-queþer, -ir, though whethir.
[OE. þéahhwæþere, f. þéah though + hwæðere whether. Cf. OHG. thoh uuidaru, thoh thiu uuidoro (Tatian), dhoh dhiu huuedheru (Isidore). The analysis of the combination is not clear.]
Notwithstanding, nevertheless, howbeit, however.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xxi. 151 Moniᵹe sint..ðe mon sceal wærlice licettan, and ðeahhwæðre eft cyðan. 971Blickl. Hom. 31 Nam he fif stanas..& þeah-hweþere mid anum he þone gigant ofwearp. a1175Cott. Hom. 223 Se lichame is deadlic..ac þeahweðer god arerð eft þane licame to ecene þingum. c1175Lamb. Hom. 37 Þa hweþere þine saul feren scal in to eche pine. Ibid. 131 Þah hweðre his saule wes in helle. c1200Ormin 2459 Þatt ȝho þohhwheþþre shollde ben Maȝȝdenn all þwerrt ut clene. c1200Moral Ode 131 (Trin. MS.) Þeih hweðere we hit leueð wel. 13..Cursor M. 22934 (Edin.) Þohqueþir we sal understand þat [etc.]. Ibid. 19546 (Cott.) Thar naman þofqueþer wene. 1357Lay Folks Catech. (MS. T.) 93 Thoughwhethir noght twa goddes the fadir and the son. |