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  • Hwænne (huoenne,

      L., hwonne, R.) gesáwe wé þé hingrigendne?, Mt. 25, 37.

  • Huonne,

      L., hwanne. R., 38.

  • Hwænne (huoenne,

      L., hwenne, R.) beóð þás þing?, Lk. 21, 7: Jn. 6, 25.

  • Hwenne gewyrð þæt?,

      Solil. H. 46, 20.
in dependent clauses.
where the time at which the action of the main clause takes place is fixed by the dependent clause
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  • Hwænne (huonne,

      L., hwenne, R.) ic bræc fíf hláfas ... .
    and hú fela wyligena gé námon fulle?, Mk. 8, 19: 20.

  • Hé sceal winnan and sorgian hwonne se dæg cume ... búton hé ǽr hwæt for Gode gedyde,

      Bl. H. 97, 26.
after verbs expressing attempt to know, knowing, or causing to know
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  • Þá áhsodon hí hine hwænne (huoenne,

      L., hwenne, R.) Godes ríce cóme, Lk. 17, 20.

  • Wuton cunnian hwænne hine God lǽte,

      Ps. Th. 70, 10: Sal. 414.

  • Bewitigan hwonne úp cyme æðelast tungla,

      Ph. 93: 102: 114.

  • Gé nyton hwænne seó tíd ys,

      Mk. 13, 33.

  • Hwonne,

      Bl. H. 117, 27: Gen. 2601.

  • Sege ús hwænne (hoenne,

      L., hwænne, R.) þás þing gewurðan, Mt. 24, 3: Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 24: An. 136.

  • Him se reogolweord gebeóde foran tó hwonne sió tíd sié,

      Cht. E. 81, 13: Ll. Th. i. 160, 12.
after verbs expressing desire, expectation with hope or fear, waiting, (to desire, &c.)
the time when
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  • Hæleð langode ... hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten,

      Gen. 1433.

  • Ic wéne mé ... hwænne mé Dryhtnes ród ... gefetige,

      Kr. 136.

  • Wit unc simble ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of þám olfende,

      Shrn. 38, 15.

  • Hié wǽron on þǽre ondrǽdinge hwonne hié on þá eorþan besuncene wurden,

      Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 14.

  • Beóð beofigende hwonne ...,

      Sat. 622.

  • Menn ne magon gebídon hwonne hé him tó cume,

      Bt. 39, 1; F. 212, 2: 8; F. 26, 12: Exod. 250. (3 a)
    where the verb in the main clause has an object to which the dependent clause is in apposition :-- Hine ðæs heardost langode hwanne hé of ðisse worlde móste, Bl. H. 227, 1.

  • Ic þæs fǽres on wénum sæt, hwonne mé wráðra sum aldre beheówe,

      Gen. 2700: 1028.
  • Hé bád sóðra geháta, hwonne him lífes weard ... reste ágeáfe, 1426: 2276.

  • Hé wyrde bídeþ, hwonne God wille þisse worlde ende gewyricean,

      Bl. H. 109, 32.
until
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  • Hire þynceð lang seó ylding and seó uferung hwænne heó cume tó Gode

    the time when she may come to God seems long delayed;

    differtur a regno,
      Gr. D. 245, 7.

  • Him þúhte ǽfre tó lang hwonne hé móste beón ymbe þæs líchaman oferfylle,

      Wlfst. 236, 11: By. 67.
with indefinite force.
of time,
at some time or other, some day
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  • Hé nú hwonne bið árísende

    quandoque resurrecturus,

      Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 107, 10: Bl. H. 123, 32.

  • Þeáh hí seldum hwonne (

    on rare occasions

    ) beswemde weorþon,
      Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 28.
in other connections
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  • Ic wéne nú hwonne ꝥ dysige men willon wundrian

    quod quidem cuipiam mirum forte videatur,

      Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 15.

  • Ic wát ðeáh ðú cweþe nú hwonne tó mé: 'Hwylc unryht mæg bión máre ...?,'

    'quae' vero inquies 'potest iniquior esset confusio ...?,'

      39, 9; F. 224, 27.
as co-ordinating relative
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  • Se forma dæge ðaere daerstana, ðonne ł huoenne eóstro ásægcas

    primo die azymorum, quando pascha immolant,

      Mk. L., R. 14, 12.

  • Siððan hundtwelftig wintra wræce bisgodon fǽge þeóda; hwonne (

    and then

    ) freá wolde on wǽrlogan wíte settan,
      Gen. 1265.
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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/53491.

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