hwæs
Middle English
Pronoun
hwæs
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who, what”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xwæs/, [ʍæs]
Pronoun
hwæs
- genitive singular of hwā (whose)
- genitive singular of hwæt
Descendants
- Middle English: whos, hoes, hos, hose, hosse, hoys, huas, qwoys, was, whas, whoes, whois, whoos, whose, wos, wose; quas, whase, whayse; hwas, hwæs, hwes, hwos
- English: whose
- Scots: whase
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *hwassaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₁dstós. Compare Old Norse hvass (“sharp, keen”).
Adjective
hwæs
- sharp, keen
Declension
Declension of hwæs — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hwæs | hwasu, hwaso | hwæs |
| Accusative | hwæsne | hwase | hwæs |
| Genitive | hwases | hwæsre | hwases |
| Dative | hwasum | hwæsre | hwasum |
| Instrumental | hwase | hwæsre | hwase |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | hwase | hwasa, hwase | hwasu, hwaso |
| Accusative | hwase | hwasa, hwase | hwasu, hwaso |
| Genitive | hwæsra | hwæsra | hwæsra |
| Dative | hwasum | hwasum | hwasum |
| Instrumental | hwasum | hwasum | hwasum |
Declension of hwæs — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hwasa | hwase | hwase |
| Accusative | hwasan | hwasan | hwase |
| Genitive | hwasan | hwasan | hwasan |
| Dative | hwasan | hwasan | hwasan |
| Instrumental | hwasan | hwasan | hwasan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | hwasan | hwasan | hwasan |
| Accusative | hwasan | hwasan | hwasan |
| Genitive | hwæsra, hwasena | hwæsra, hwasena | hwæsra, hwasena |
| Dative | hwasum | hwasum | hwasum |
| Instrumental | hwasum | hwasum | hwasum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hwæs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.