[queldur] (c.1300)

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[queldur] (c.1300)

[ gdw]

[ FEW: *3,192b *durnos; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  whether pron., a. (and n.) and conj.; MED:  whether adv. and conj.; DMLBS: ]
queldour  

The word is rare, and seems to share an etymology with the more common (in Anglo-Norman) nuldur. By analogy, it must be a lexicalized form of the phrase quel dur (see dur1), which literally means ‘which hand’s breadth’).

conj.

1whether
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  En ceste manere put hom saver queldour le empic seit ptisic ou noun  ii 161.105
dur#1  nuldur  quel#1 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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