varest
Estonian edit
Noun edit
varest
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- varast (varas, vares)
Verb edit
varest
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adverb edit
varest
- (relative, archaic) where (on the place which)
- 1891, Selma Lagerlöf, translated by Pauline Bancroft Flach, 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.