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heonan

  • adverb
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Grammar
heonan, heonon, heonun, hionan; adv. of place and time.
Wright's OE grammar
§102; §558;
Hence, from here
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  • Heonon

    abhine,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 16; Som. 20, 4.

  • Feor heonan

    far from here,

    • Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 19; Ph. 1.

  • Ic mæg heonon geseón

    I can see from here.

    • Cd. 32; Th. 41, 34; Gen. 666.

  • Ǽr ðú heonan móte

    ere thou mayest go hence

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    • Exon. 72 a; Th. 269, 29; Jul. 457.

  • Ðis is mín ágen cýþ ic wæs ǽr hionan cumen

    this is my own country, from here did I formerly come,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 24, 100; Met. 24, 50.

  • Gáþ heonun

    recedite,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 9, 24.

  • Ásend ðé heonun nyþer

    mitte te hinc deorsum,

    • Lk. Skt. 4, 9.

  • Ge heonon ge ðanon

    from here and there, from any quarter,

    • L. C. S. 19; Th. 1. 386, 16.

  • Ic forþ heonun ðíne gewitnesse wel geheólde

    I should henceforth keep thy testimony well,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 31, 24
      • :
    • Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 27; Cri. 582.

  • Heonon forþ and óþ on woruld

    ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum,

    • Blickl. Gloss: Gen. 8, 21.

  • Gif hit sceal heonan forþ gódiende weorþan

    if things from this time forward are to be improving,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 105, 19.

  • Mín feorh heonan on ðisse eahteþan ende geséceþ

    my life shall reach its end on the eighth day from this time,

    • Exon. 47 b; Th. 164, l9; Gú. 1009.
Etymology
[
Laym. heonne, hinnes
:
Piers P. hennes
:
O. Sax. hinan
:
O. H. Ger. hinan, hinnan hinc
:
Ger. hennen
.]
Linked entries
v.  hinan heona heon heonane hion.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “heonan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18777.

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  • heonan, adv.

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