swa hwilc swa

Old English

Etymology

From swa (“so”) +‎ hwilc (“what”) +‎ swa (“so”)

Adverb

swā hwilc swā

1. whatsoever
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "For Palm Sunday"

     And swā hwilce byrðene swā him dēofol on-besette, þā hī bǣron.

     And whatsoever burthen the devil set on them they bare.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "For the Holy Day of Pentecost"

     ...ǣlcum wæs ġeðūht, ðe ða bodunge ġehȳrde, swilce hē sprǣce mid his ġereorde, wǣron hī Ebreisce, oððe Grecisce, oððe Romanisce, oððe Egyptisce, oððe swā hwilcere ðēode swā hī wǣron þe ðā lāre ġehȳrdon.

     ...it seemed to everyone who heard the preaching as though he spake in his language, whether they were Hebrews, or Greeks, or Romans, or Egyptians, or of whatsoever nation they might be who heard that doctrine.