adv. Obs. Forms: 1 þeah-hwæþere, 2 þeah-, þæh-, þahwhweðre, -weþere, -weðer, 3 þohhwheþþre (Orm.), þeih hweðere, þohqueþer, -ir, 4 þoh-, þo-, do-, þou-, þof-, þe-queþer, -ir, though whethir. [OE. þéahhwæþere, f. þéah THOUGH + hwæðere WHETHER, Cf. OHG. thoh uuidaru, thoh thin uuidoro (Tatian), dhoh dhiu huuedheru (Isidore). The analysis of the combination is not clear.] Notwithstanding, nevertheless, howbeit, however.

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xxi. 151. Moniʓe sint … ðe mon sceal wærlice licettan, and ðeahhwæðre eft cyðan.

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971.  Blickl. Hom., 31. Nam he fif stanas … & þeah-hweþere mid anum he þone gigant ofwearp.

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a. 1175.  Cott. Hom., 223. Se lichame is deadlic … ac þeahweðer god arerð eft þane licame to ecene þingum.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 37. Þa hweþere þine saul feren scal in to eche pine. Ibid., 131. Þah hweðre his saule wes in helle.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 2459. Þatt ȝho þohhwheþþre shollde ben Maȝȝdenn all þwerrt ut clene.

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c. 1200.  Moral Ode, 131 (Trin. MS.). Þeih hweðere we hit leueð wel.

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13[?].  Cursor M., 22934 (Edin.). Þohqueþir we sal understand þat [etc.]. Ibid., 19546 (Cott.). Thar naman þofqueþer wene.

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1357.  Lay Folks Catech. (MS. T.), 93. Thoughwhethir noght twa goddes the fadir and the son.

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