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hwanne

  • adverb
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Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.
When.
in direct questions
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  • Quando venisti

    hwænne cóm ðú? is

    interrogativum,
    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 40, 64
      • .

  • Hwonne ǽr beó deád oððe hwænne his nama áspringe

    quando morietur, et peribit nomen ejus?

    • Ps. Th. 40, 5
      • .
in dependent clauses
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  • Quando ero doctus

    hwænne beó ic gelǽred, is

    infinitivum,
    • Som. 40, 65
      • .

  • Sege ús hwænne ðás þing gewurdon

    dic nobis quando ista fient,

    • Mk. Skt. 13, 4
      • :
    • Mt. Kmbl. 2, 7.

  • Þincþ him tó lang hwænne hé beó genumen of ðyses lífes earfoþnyssum

    it seems to him too long [to the time] when he shall be taken from the troubles of this life,

    • Homl. Th. i. 140, 9
      • .

  • Lǽt gebídan beornas ðíne hwænne ðú eft cyme

    let thy men await the time of thy return,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 800
      • ;
    • An. 400
      • .

  • Ðá wæs ðæt hé sorgiende bád hwonne seó ádl tó him cóme

    qui cum sollicitus horam accessionis exspectaret,

    • Bd. 3, 12
      • ;
    • S. 537, 6
      • .

  • Hit biþ long hwonne se hláford cume

    moram facit Dominus meus venire,

    • Past. 17, 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 121, 12
      • .

  • Hit earfoþe is ǽnegum menn tó witanne hwonne hé geclǽnsod síe

    it is difficult for any man to know when he is cleansed,

    • 7, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 51, 5.

  • Sǽles bídeþ hwonne ǽr heó cræft hyre cýðan móte

    it waits for the time for displaying its art

    [cf. O. Sax. that werod béd hwan ér the fródo man gifrumid habdi waldandes willeon],
    • Exon. 108 b
      • ;
    • Th. 413, 29
      • ;
    • Rä. 32, 13
      • .
indefinite, at some time
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  • Se ilca ús wile nú hwonne eft mid eallum egesan gesécan

    the same will visit us again at some time with all terror,

    • Blickl. Homl. 123, 32
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. whenne, wonne
:
Orm. whanne
:
O. and N. hwanne, wonne
:
A. R. hwonne, hwon
:
Wick. whanne
:
Chauc. whan
:
Goth. O. Sax. hwan
:
O. H. Ger. hwanne, hwenne quando, aliquando
:
Ger. wann.
]
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v.  hwænne hwonne.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hwanne.” 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/20083.

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