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† ˈwhetherso, pron. and conj. Obs.
(Mostly as two words.)
[whether + so adv. 17 d. In OE. swá hwæþer swá, reduced to swæþer (swá).]
1. pron. = prec.
c1200Vices & Virtues 113 He hadde auȝene kere to donne hwaðer swo he wolde. 1357Lay Folks Catech. (L.) 482 Ylke man answere for his owne dedys and be dampnyd or sauyd wheþer-so [v.r. whethir-sum] þey haue seruyd. 1389Engl. Gilds (1870) 74 To come to þe exsequies of hym or of hir þat is deede, whethir-so it be. c1400Cursor M. 28788 (Cott. Galba) Whether so askes more rightwisly, Sall be herd of god almighty.
2. conj. = whether B. 5 (the addition of so emphasizing the idea of indefiniteness).
c1220Bestiary 357 in O.E. Misc. 12 Alle ðe oðre foleȝen, weðer so he swimmeð er he wadeð. c1250Gen. & Ex. 491 Queðer so it ðhoȝte hem iuel or good. c1325Song Deo Gratias 59 in E.E.P. (1862) 126 Wheþer so þou beo in bale or blis. c1386Chaucer Frankl. T. 50 Ye shul it lerne wher so ye wole or noon. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 2560 Wherso be he yong or old. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 381 Quhidder sa it gang to greif or to gawin. |