hwæs

Middle English

Pronoun

hwæs

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who, what”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xwæs/, [ʍæs]

Pronoun

hwæs

1. genitive singular of hwā (whose)
2. genitive singular of hwæt

Descendants

• Middle English: whos, hoes, hos, hose, hosse, hoys, huas, qwoys, was, whas, whoes, whois, whoos, whose, wos, wose; quas, whase, whayse; hwas, hwæs, hwes, hwos
  • English: whose
  • Scots: whase

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hwassaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₁dstós. Compare Old Norse hvass (“sharp, keen”).

Adjective

hwæs

1. sharp, keen

Declension

Declension of hwæs — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hwæs	hwasu, hwaso	hwæs
Accusative	hwæsne	hwase	hwæs
Genitive	hwases	hwæsre	hwases
Dative	hwasum	hwæsre	hwasum
Instrumental	hwase	hwæsre	hwase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hwase	hwasa, hwase	hwasu, hwaso
Accusative	hwase	hwasa, hwase	hwasu, hwaso
Genitive	hwæsra	hwæsra	hwæsra
Dative	hwasum	hwasum	hwasum
Instrumental	hwasum	hwasum	hwasum

Declension of hwæs — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hwasa	hwase	hwase
Accusative	hwasan	hwasan	hwase
Genitive	hwasan	hwasan	hwasan
Dative	hwasan	hwasan	hwasan
Instrumental	hwasan	hwasan	hwasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hwasan	hwasan	hwasan
Accusative	hwasan	hwasan	hwasan
Genitive	hwæsra, hwasena	hwæsra, hwasena	hwæsra, hwasena
Dative	hwasum	hwasum	hwasum
Instrumental	hwasum	hwasum	hwasum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hwæs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.