Hu þonne
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Old English
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- but how?, why
- c. 992, Ælfric, "ON THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY"
- Ðam ungeleaffullum mannum com Crist to hryre, and þam geleaffullum to æriste; and eac anum gehwilcum gelyfedum men wæs Cristes to-cyme ægðer ge hryre ge ærist. Hu ðonne? He com to ðy þæt he wolde ælc yfel towurpan, and ælc góod aræran.
- Christ came for the fall of unbelieving men, and for the rising of the faithful; and also to every believing man was Christ's coming both a fall and a rising. But how? He came because he would cast down every evil, and rear up every good."
- c. 992, Ælfric, "ON THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY"