What(e)

, Wat , Quat ( V , VI ), pron. interrog. what, II 102, XI b 195, XV e 8, XVII 163, .; indir. I 56, IV b 65, V 111, VIII b 38, .; indef. (with subj. ) whatever, II 339, 450, 467; approaching rel. XII b 142 ( cf. VIII a 242), XVI 174 ( see note and App. p. 289); exclam. what!, XVI 101; lo! V 133-6; quat so , whatsoever, VI 206; what with... and (as Mn.E. idiom), XVII 214. Adj. interrog. what, VI 115, .; indir. VI 32, VII 83, .; indef. (with subj. ) whatever, VI 163; exclam. what!, II 234; loke what , see Loke; what man ( þing ), who, what, II 421, 116, .; what... þat , what, VII 92; whatever, XII a 115, XIII a 58 (with subj. ). [OE. hwæt .]