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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
umbetrīn
adv.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Round about, around; ?set around, placed around.
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whē̆then
adv. & conj.
27 quotations in 4 senses
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As interrog. adv. in direct questions: (a) from what place?, whence?; also in interrog. adv. phrase with prep.
from
[last quot.]; (b) by what means?, how?; for what reason?, why?
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