þonne
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See also: Yonne
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *þannē, extension of *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”), from Proto-Indo-European *só.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]þonne
- then, at that time
- then, soon afterward
- then, in that case
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- Wōst þū þonne gyt genōh be Gode, gyf hē þē byð cūð swā þē is nū þes mōnan færeld — on hwilcum tungle hē nū is, oððe on hwilce hē þanon gēð?
- Then wouldst thou know enough about God, if He should be as well known to thee as the motion of the moon—in what constellation it now is, or into which it is going next?
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Conjunction
[edit]þonne
Descendants
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