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þanne

  • adverb
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Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
Then, when. Generally if the subject follows the verb the word is to be rendered by then, if the subject precedes the verb, by when. [þanne and þá differ in force; the former is used where the time of an action is indefinite, and is found with the future, the indefinite present and the indefinite past; the latter is used where a definite action has taken place. Cf. Þonne faraþ hig on éce susle,
    Mt. Kmbl. 25, 46, with: Ðá
férde se ðe ða fíf pund underféng, 25, 16. Þonne ðú fæste, smyra ðín heáfod, 6, 17, with: Þá þá hé fæste feówertig daga, 4, 2. Symle ic gehýrde, þonne heofones gim west onhylde, Exon. Th. 174, 30; Gú. 1185, with: Þá hí ðis gehýrdon, hí fahnodon, Mk. Skt.14, 11.] A. — demonstrative, then.
of time,
then, at that time
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marking order or sequence,
then, after that,
of time
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of place or position
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marking the succession of subjects treated of in narrative,
then, again
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in a clause that is a qualification or contrast to a preceding clause,
then, yet, but
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marking a conclusion, inference or result based on a previous statement,
then, therefore, consequently
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marking a consequence dependent upon a hypothesis,
then, in that case,
where the hypothesis is expressed in a clause introduced by
gif
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wherethe hypothesis is otherwise expressed
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where the hypothesis is implied
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of time.
of the time of a single action in the future
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referring to the times of an action which may occur an indefinite number of times,
when, at such times as
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where the order in time of two circumstances is to be marked,
when, after
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denoting a cause,
when, since, seeing that
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although
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denoting condition, case, when, the case in which Iactantia,
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where the comparison is between different objects,
where the objects are expressed by single words or phrases
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where one or each object is expressed by a clause
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where the comparison is between the same object under different conditions
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where the comparative with þanne may be rendered by the positive preceded by too and followed by
for with an infinitive or by an infinitive
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where the adjective is in the positive, and the comparative required by
þanne must be inferred
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Etymology
[O. H. Ger. danne.]
Similar entries
v. þan; þá.
Linked entries
v.  þænne þonne.
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  • þanne, adv.