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how farest thou

/haʊ ˈfɛəɹɪst ðaʊ/

how farest thou phrase: how are you?, how's it going?

Phrase

how farest thou?

  1. (obsolete) how are you?, how's it going?
    • POMPEY: "I know thee now. How farest thou, soldier?" ENOBARBUS: "Well. And well am like to do, for I perceive four feasts are toward."c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

Origin of how farest thou

Occurs already as Old English hū færest þū, literally “how are you going or traveling.”

Questions about how farest thou

What does how farest thou mean?
How farest thou means how are you?, how's it going?
What part of speech is how farest thou?
How farest thou is a phrase.
How do you pronounce how farest thou?
How farest thou is pronounced /haʊ ˈfɛəɹɪst ðaʊ/.

Words near how farest thou in the dictionary

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