hwelc

Etymology
From ~  (“what kind of”), a compound of  and.

Determiner

 * 1) which
 * 2) * The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
 * "ang"
 * 1) * The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
 * "ang"

- Hwelċ mann āþōhte ǣrest mid sylh tō erienne?


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
 * "ang"

- ...hwilc ēower is þe hæfð sumne frēond, and gǣð him tō on middere nihte, and cwyð": et reliqua.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "Of the Catholic Faith"
 * "ang"

- On hwilcum dǣle hæfð sē man Godes anlīcnysse on him?


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost"
 * "ang"

- Hwilc ēower hæfð hund-teontig scēapa:" et reliqua.


 * "ang"

- Hwilc ēower hæfð hund-teontig scēapa, and ġif hē forlȳsð ān ðǣra scēapa, ðonne forlǣt hē ðā nigon and hund-nigontig on wēstene, and gǣð secende þæt án ðe him losode?


 * 1) what
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost"
 * "ang"

- Sē Hǣlend ġeswutelode for hwilcum intingan ðēos tōstencednys þǣre byriġ ġelumpe, ðāðā hé cwæð,...


 * "ang"

- '...þæt hēo on ðām forðsiðe oncnāwe mid hwilcum fēondum hēo ymbset bið,...''


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence"
 * "ang"

- For hwilcum ðingum nēadað sē dēofol ēow þæt ġē cristene men tō his biġgengum ðreatniað?


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- And ġif ðū tō fulluhte ġebihst, ic dō þæt þū ðone dēofol ġesihst, and ġehȳrst mid hwilcum cræfte hē is ġeðūht þæt hē untrumnysse ġehǣle.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Navitivity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- Mine gebrōðra, hwilcere tale mage wē brūcan on his dōme,...


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Second Sunday in the Lord's Advent"
 * "ang"

- Understandað nū hwilc sȳ on weġes ġeswince tō ātēoriġenne, and ðēah nelle þone weġ ġeendiġan.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of the Saint John The Apostle"
 * "ang"

- ...cȳðe hū micel wuldor hī forluron, and hwilc wīte hī ġeearnodon.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday After Easter"
 * "ang"

- Hwilc wundor is þæt sē Hǣlend mid ēcum līchaman cōme inn, belōcenum durum, sēðe mid dēadlīcum līchaman wearð ācenned of beclȳsedum innoðe þæs mǣdenes?


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Blessed Stephen Protomartyr"
 * "ang"

- Bēoð ġemyndiġe hwæt sēo sylfe Sōðfæstnys on ðām hālgan godspelle behēt, and hwilc wedd ūs ġesealde.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"
 * "ang"

- ...and ġeornlīce hī befrān tō hwilces tīman sē stēorra him ǣrst ætēowode,


 * "ang"

- ...and ġeornlīce hī befrān, on hwilcne tīman hī ǣrest þone stēorran ġesāwon...


 * "ang"

- ...and ēac ġeswutelode on hwilcum sūslum hē mōste æfter forðsīðe ēcelice cwylmian.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Third Sunday After the Lord's Epiphany"
 * "ang"

- He ðā befrān on hwilcere tīde hē ġewyrpte.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost"
 * "ang"

- Cherubim is ġecwēden ġefyllednys ingehydes oððe ġewittes, and ðēah hwilc engel is on Godes andwerdnysse ðe ealle ðing nyte?


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "For the Holy Day of Pentecost"
 * "ang"

- Ǣlces mannes weorc cȳðað hwilc gāst hine wīssað.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
 * "ang"

- "Hwilc fæder wile syllan his cilde stān, ġif hit hine hlāfes bitt? oþþe næddran, ġif hit fisces bitt? oððe þone wyrm ðrowend, ġif hit æġes bitt?"


 * 1) * c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
 * "ang"

- Sume naman sind þēodisċe. Þā ġetācniaþ hwelcre þēode sum mann sīe: Graecus ("Crēcisċ"), Anglus ("Englisċ").


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Second Sunday after Easter"
 * "ang"

- Nāst ðū hwā bið hyra, hwā hyrde, ǣrðām ðe sē wulf cume; ac sē wulf ġeswutelað mid hwilcum mōde hē gȳmde þǣra scēapa.


 * 1) * c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
 * "ang"

- Sum þāra dǣla hātte analogiā on Crēcisċ, þæt is on Lǣden similium rērum comparātiō and on Englisċ "ġelīcra þinga wiþmetennes." Ġif þū nāst sumne Lǣdennaman hwelċes cynnes hē sīe on þǣm cræfte, þonne sċēawa þū be sumum ōðrum þe him ġelīċ sīe, and þū wāst þonne.


 * 1) what kind of, what sort of
 * 2) * The Legend of St. Andrew
 * "ang"
 * 1) * The Legend of St. Andrew
 * "ang"

- Ġēa hlāford, and hwæt ġif iċ swelcne mann ġemēte? Hwelċe mēde sċeal iċ him behātan?


 * 1) * c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
 * "ang"

- Menn magon cēpan be þæs mōnan blēo hwelċ weder tōweard biþ.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- ...Efne nū ġē habbað ġehȳred hwilc ðēs god is ðe ġē wēndon þæt ēow ġehǣlde;...


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
 * "ang"

- Ac hwā is ūre Fæder? Sē Ælmihtiġa God. And hwilcera manna Fæder is hē? Swutelīce hit is ġesǣd, yfelra manna. And hwilc is se Fæder?


 * 1) some, any
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "Dedication of the Church of St. Michael The Archangel"
 * "ang"

- Ġif hwilc sibling þe bið swā dēorwurðe swā ðīn ēage,...


 * 1) * 11th century, "Æcerbot Charm"
 * "ang"

- Hēr is sēo bōt hū þū meaht þīne æcras bētan ġif hīe nyllaþ wel weaxan oþþe þǣr hwelċ unġedēfe þing on ġedōn biþ on drȳ oþþe on lyblāce.

Pronoun

 * 1) which one
 * 2) * c. 990, , Matthew 19:16-19
 * "ang"
 * 1) * c. 990, , Matthew 19:16-19
 * "ang"

- And þā ġenēalǣhte him ān mann tō and cwæþ, "Lā gōda lārēow! Hwæt gōdes dō iċ þæt iċ ēċe līf hæbbe?" Þā cwæþ hē, "Hwæt āscast þū mē be gōde? Ān God is gōd. Sōðlīċe ġif þū wilt on līf becuman, heald þā bebodu." Þā cwæþ hē, "Hwelcu?" Þā cwæþ sē Hǣlend, "Ne dō þū mansliht, ne dō þū unryhthǣmed, ne stel þū, ne sæġe þū lēase ġewitnesse, weorða þīnne fæder and mōdor, and lufa þīnne nīehstan swā swā þē selfne."


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Invention of the Holy Cross"
 * "ang"

- Hēo becōm tō þǣre stōwe and āfand þrēo rōde. Ān wæs þæs Hǣlendes, and þā ōðra þāra þēofa. Þā nysse hēo ġewiss hwelcu wǣre Cristes rōd.


 * 1) anyone, anything; someone, something
 * 2) who
 * 3) * The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
 * "ang"

- Saga mē, hwylc man ǣrest wǣre wið hund sprecende?


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
 * "ang"

- ...and sē Rihtwīsa God nǣnne mann ne nēadað tō syngiġenne, ac he wāt swāðēah on ǣr hwilce þurh agenne willan syngian willað.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- "Zachéus wæs sum rice mann, and cepte þæs Hælendes fær, and wolde geseon hwilc hé wære; ac he ne mihte for ðære menigu ðe him mid ferde, forðan ðe hé wæs scort on wæstme.

Interjection

 * 1) what (used in exclamations)
 * 2) * c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
 * "ang"

- Ō is tōclipiendlīċ bīword: Ō magister, docē mē! ("Ēalā þū lārēow, tǣċ mē!"). Hē is ēac wundriendlīċ: Ō quālis faciēs! ("Ēalā hwelcu ansīen!")