Old English · adverb
heonan forþ
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈxe͜o.nɑn forθ/[ˈhe͜o.nɑn forˠθ]
- Syllables
- ˈxe͜o · nɑn · forθ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- henceforth
Meaning
-
from now on, beyond this point
Đā ġelǣredan ne beðurfon þyssera bōca, forðan ðe him mæġ heora āgen lār genihtsumian. Iċ cweðe nū þæt iċ næfre heonon forð ne āwende gōdspel oððe gōdspeltrahtas of Ledene on Englisċ.
The learned have no need of these books, for they can be satisfied by their own learning. I say now that henceforth, I will never translate a gospel or a gospel-commentary from Latin into English.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Etymology
From heonan (“from here”) + forþ (“onwards”).
Descendants
henceforth
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