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in direct questions.
local
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  • 'Hwanon cómon gé?' þá cwǽdon hig: 'Of Chanaon lande,' Gen. 42, 7: An. 256.
  • Hwanon ferigeað gé fǽtte scyldas?,

      B. 333.
asking for source, cause, &c.
local source from which material things are obtained
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  • Hwanon (huona,

      L., hwona, R.)
    mæg ǽnig man þás mid hláfum on þisum wéstene gefyllan?, Mk. 8, 4.
  • Huona (hwǽr,

      W. S.) byge ué hláfo?, Jn. L. R. 6, 5.
  • Hwanon hæfst þú lífes wæter?,

      Jn. 4, 11.
source from which things are derived
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  • Hwanon ys þysum þes wísdóm and þis mægen?,

      Mt. 13, 54: 56.
origin of a person or thing
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  • Hwanon eart þú?,

      Jn. 19, 9.
  • Fullwiht Jóhannes hwonan wæs; of heofonum ðe of monnum?,

      Mt. R. 21, 25.
  • Hwonan cóm se nama ǽrest?

    what was the origin of the name?,

      Bt. 40, 6; F. 242, 1.
the conditions from which a conclusion may be drawn
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  • Cwæð Zacharias: 'Hwanun wát ic þis?,

      Lk. 1, 18.
  • Hwanon cúðest ðú mé

    unde me nosti?,

      Jn. 1, 48.
  • Hwanan sceal mé cúþ beón ꝥ ic mid líchomlicum eágum geseón ne mæg?,

      Bl. H. 21, 19.
  • Dauid sylf nemde hine drihten and hwanon is hé his sunu?,

      Mk. 12, 37.
the cause or reason for a result
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  • Hwanun is mé ðis ꝥ mínes drihtnes móder tó mé cume?,

      Lk. 1, 43.
  • Hwanon is þes þus strang?,

      Bl. H. 85, 10.
  • Hwonon wurde þú mid þissum woruldsorgum þus swíþe geswenced?,

      Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 20.
with dependent clauses.
cf. I. 1
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  • Þú nást hwanon hé cymþ, ne hwider hé gǽþ,

      Jn. 3, 8.
  • Frægn heó ... hwonan his cyme wǽre ... 'Ic eom ... tó þé sended of heáhðu,' Jul. 259.
  • Hwanan, B. 257. (1 a)

    from what position or state

    :-- ꝥ Adam understóde ... hwanon hé áfeólle,
      Angl. vii. 26, 238. (2 a) cf.
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  • Hig næfdon hwanon hí hyt águldon,

      Lk. 7, 42.
  • Gif hwá befó ꝥ him losod wæs, cenne sé þe hé hit æt befó hwanon hit him cóme,

      Ll. Th. i. 288, 16: 22: 388, 21. (2 b) cf. I. 2b :-- Wundrigende ...
    hwonon him þá gereordo cóman, Bl. H. 153, 8.
  • Hwanon,

      Solil. H. 51, 7. ꝥ hí ongiten hwonan him se wela cóme, Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 18. (2 c) cf. I. 2 c :-- Wé witon hwanon þes is. Ðonne Críst cymþ, þonne nát nán mann hwanon he biꝥ, Jn. 7, 27: 28: 8, 14: 9, 29, 30.
  • Wæs Jóhannes fulluht of heofone, hwæðer þe of mannum? ... Ða andswaredon hig ꝥ hig nyston hwanun hé wæs,

      Lk. 20, 4-7.
  • Ongitan hwæt hié send, and hwonan hí send,

      Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 5. '
    Wást ðú hwonan ǽlc wuht cóme?' 'Ic wát ǽlc wuht fram Gode cóm, 5, 3; F. 12, 21.
  • Þæt is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócen,

      An. 683.
  • Hé nyste hwanon hyt (the wine made from water) cóm, Jn. 2, 9. (2 d) from what quarter action should proceed :-- Þæt ic ongiton mæge hwonan ic þín tilian scyle (from what side I am to set about thy care) and hú

    ut, qui modo sit tuae curationis, intelligam,

      Bt. 5, 3; F. 10, 34. (2 e) cf. I. 2 e :--
    Nán mon nyste hwonon sió wróht cóm, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 19.
  • Gif ðú witan wilt hwonan hý cumaþ, þonne miht þú ongitan ꝥ hí cumaþ of woruldgítsunga,

      Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 14.
  • Ne mæg ic geþencan hwonon him ǽnig unrótnes cuman sceolde,

      33, 1; F. 122, 8.
as a relative
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  • Maria gegroeted wæs from Elizabeth ... huona eftgecierred wæs in hús hire,

      Lk. p. 3, 15.
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