how farest thou en · X
Pronunciation
- /haʊ ˈfɛəɹɪst ðaʊ/
Etymology
Occurs already as Old English hū færest þū, literally “how are you going or traveling.”
Meanings
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(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: