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hwanan

  • adverb
  • conjunction
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Grammar
hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; adv.
Whence.
in direct questions ― Interrogativa synd áxigendlíce,
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  • unde

    hwanan,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
    • ;
    • Som. 41, 58.
  • Hwanon hæfde hé coccel

    unde habet zizania?

    • Mt. Kmbl. 13, 27
    • .
  • Hwanun wát ic þis

    unde hoc sciam?

    • Lk. Skt. 1, 18.
  • Hwanone sceoldest ðú specan on Hebréisc

    how should you speak in Hebrew?

    • Nicod. 4
    • ;
    • Thw. 2. 27
    • .
in dependent clauses
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  • Hí spyredan hwæt and hwonan hé wæs

    investigantes unde vel quis esset,

    • Bd. 1, 33
    • ;
    • S. 499, 12
    • .
  • Ic ne wát hwonon his cyme sindon

    I know not whence is his coming,

    • Exon. 50 b
    • ;
    • Th. 175, 18
    • ;
    • Gú. 1196.
  • Hwanan,

    • Beo. Th. 4798
    • ;
    • B. 2403.
  • Ðá næfde hé hwanon hé his wer águlde

    he had not means to pay his 'wer',

    • Chart. Th. 207, 36
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. whanene
:
O. and N. wanene, hwenene, hwenne
:
Ayenb. huannes
:
Chauc. whennes
:
O. Sax. hwanan
:
O. H. Ger. hwanan, hwanana
:
Ger. wannen.
]
Derived forms
ǽg-, ge-, ná-, ó-hwanon
Linked entries
v.  hwonan.
Full form

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  • hwanan, adv.; con.