† owhere, adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 1 áhwǽr, áhwér, áhwár, 1–3 awer, 4 awher, aware, 5 (?) awre. β. 3 Orm. owwhar, owwhær, (eower), 3–4 owhar, ouwhar, 4 owhore, ouwhere, ouwar, owar, 4–5 owher, -e, (ouwher, oughwhere, our, 5 ouȝwher(e, owȝwhere).
[f. OE. á ever, O adv. + hwǽr where: cf. anywhere, aywhere, everywhere, somewhere.]
Anywhere.
| α c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. vii. §3 Habbe ic þe awer benumen þinra gifena? c 1000 ælfric Jos. i. 18 Se man þe wiþcwiþ þinum bebodum ahwar, beo he deaþes scildiᵹ. c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Th.) lxi. 6 Ne mæᵹ ic hine ahwær befleon. c 1000 Laws Edw. & Guth. c. 11 Ahwar on lande. a 1300 Leg. Rood 30 Þat holi tre was fairest þo þat hi myȝte awer [c 1350 owhere] ise. 13.. Cursor M. 1837 (Gött.) Þe heiest montayn þat was aware [T. owhore, C. our-quare, F. awre-quare]. 1390 Gower Conf. II. 349 For if mi fot wolde awher go. |
| β c 1200 Ormin 6509 To witenn ȝiff þeȝȝ haffdenn Crist Owwhar onn eorþe fundenn. Ibid. 6921 Ȝiff þeȝȝ himm owhar wisstenn. c 1205 Lay. 8231 And ȝif ich hine mai eower [c 1275 owha] ifon. a 1225 Ancr. R. 60 Ham..þet ouðer oðer hondlie, oðer ouhwar ivele oðer. c 1320 Cast. Love 1278 Owher that he ȝode, Folk him sewed, bothe evyll and goode. c 1325 Lai le Freine 15 When kinges might our y-here Of ani meruailes that ther were. c 1350 Will. Palerne 2251 What man vpon molde miȝt ouwar finde tvo breme wite beres. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 262 If a man have al bileve þat Goddis lawe techiþ ouwher [v.r. owȝwhere]. c 1400 Rule St. Benet (E.E.T.S.) 90/1540 In bakkows, brewhows, or ourels [= owher els]. c 1449 Pecock Repr. 211 It is not founde ouȝwhere in Holi Scripture. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 395/2 The beste grasse and herbys that is owhere. |