varest
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hvaris, from hvar (“where”) + either a genitival -s or an Old Swedish particle es (“which”). The final -t appears already in Old Swedish by analogy with words like eljest, genast, medelst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɑːrɛst/
Adverb
varest
- (relative, archaic) where (on the place which)
- 1891, Selma Lagerlöf, Pauline Bancroft Flach, transl., Gösta Berlings saga [The Story of Gösta Berling]:
- På sin fladdrande vinge flög en läderlapp oss förbi, flög och syntes igen där, varest månen sken.
- On its fluttering wing a bat flew by us, flew and was seen, wherever the moon shone.
See also
- därest
References
- varest in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)