hwat

Middle English

Pronoun

hwat

(chiefly in Early Middle English) Alternative spelling of what

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwat. Compare Old English hwæt, Old Frisian hwet, Old High German hwaz, Old Norse hvat, Gothic 𐍈𐌰 (ƕa).

Pronoun

hwat n

what

Declension

Declension of hwat

	Impersonal	Personal
nominative	hwat	hwē
accusative	hwat	hwēna
genitive	hwes	hwes
dative	hwēmu	hwēmu

Interjection

hwat

lo!, what!, indeed!

Usage notes

Variously translated, but compare Old English hwæt.

Descendants

Low German: wat

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