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Old English · adverb

þonne

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈθon.ne/
Syllables
ˈθon · ne (2 syllables)

þonne1 · adverb

Senses

  1. then, at that time

  2. then, soon afterward

  3. then, in that case

    Wōst þū þonne gyt genōh be Gode, gyf hē þē byþ cūþ swā þē is nū þes mōnan færeld — on hwilcum tungle hē nū is, oþþe on hwilce hē þanon gēþ?

    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

þonne2 · conjunction

Senses

  1. than

    Forþon mē hātran sind dryhtnes drēamas þonne þis dēade līf, lǣne on londe.

    Thus, Lord’s glees are dearer to me than this deadly life, fleeting on the land.

    10th century, The Seafarer:
  2. when

    Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.

    When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.

    10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30:

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þannē, extension of *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”), from Proto-Indo-European *só.

Descendants

than, then

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