Middle English Dictionary Entry
thenne adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | thenne adv. Also then(e, the(t)hen, than(ne, thon, (N) thanane, yan & thin, (SW) thinne & (early or SW) þenene, (early) þenen(en, þennen, þenon, þanen(e, þanon, þannum, þonen(e, þonne(n(e, þonun, þeone(ne, þeonne, þeonon. For the spellings thein, yen see LALME 4.263. |
| Etymology | OE þanan(e, þanen, þanon(e, þanun, þanum, þonan(e, þonen, þonon(e; the forms thin(ne may belong to ME thīne adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
From that place;—used in contexts suggesting: (a) the motion of the subject away from a place; (b) the separation or relocation from a place of the object of the action; (c) a central point from which activity arises; also, fig. the source of a virtue; a line of descent, stock.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1120 : Ðises geares com þet leoht to Sepulchrum Domini innan Ierusalem..swa swa geleaffulle sædon þe þanon coman.
- 1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1123 : Ða ferde se kyng þenen to Portesmuðe.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)56/24 : Johannes heafod wearð syððen geswutelod twam easterne munecan þe mid gebeden þa burh geneosodan, & heo þanen þone deorewurðen madm fereden to sumre byrig þe is Edissa gehaten.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)2/13 : On þare æfteræ nihte ne durstlæhte he hine þær to ræstene for þam wundre þe he þer iseah, ac ferde þa ðonen ofer ane mile.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)34/36 : Ne nis þear na bote bute fleo þenne þet nowðer ne beo nohwer ane wið oðer.
- a1250 Creed (Nero A.14)217 : He a-ros..and steih in to heouene, þer he sit o godes rithond feder al-mihti; þonene he kumeð to demen ðe quike and ðe deade.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)651 : Nefde Brutus nenne swa wreche man þat gold & pal ne dude him on; Þeonene he ferden forð wel feole dawen ȝong.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3017 : Þa þe burh wes strong and hende, þeo gon he þonnen wenden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5610 : Þonnene he gon wende riht to Winchæstre.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8463 : He makede þer reuen þan uolke to reden, & þenenen he gon wenden riht to Winchæstre.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11090 : Þenene he for to Cornwale.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)103 : Al naked in þe pette hi worpen þat child in; Ac Ruben, þat o broþer, þenne he is igo, Ne miȝte he for reuþe atte pette be þo.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)1481 : Þarof a ros a ful gret cri, þo Jhus þanene gan departi.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)228 : He wente him þanne & hudde him ffram ham.
- ?c1335 Swet ihc hend (Hrl 913)p.83 : A man..Ibiriid was in helle pitte..Ssal he neuer þan flitte Fram þe sorful diche.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)368 : Beo þe miht of Iubiter he swor to hem alle..he wolde felle hem feye ar þei þenne ferden.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.1141 : Taak fyr and bere it..Bitwix this and the mount Kaukasous And lat men shette the dores and go thenne.
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)17/659,18/676 : He .. sittis on þe right hand of Godd his Fader Almighten, þethen is forto come ..: Þehen he is forto com to deme þe whick and þe dedd.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)13.274 : King Tholomes Men The wers hadden, Er they wenten then.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)2486 : When he was in erth broght, Hys wyf wolde goo thyn nouȝt.
- a1450 St.Etheldr.(Fst B.3)1008 : He put þe hoke of þe ȝerde þe clothes with-inne And bygon to drawe at hem..Bot þe ȝerde stekede styll þere & nolde not passe þynne.
- c1460 Cursor (LdMisc 416)16908 : They set her selis ther-vpon er they then went.
b
- a1126 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1126 : Heanri..brohte mid him þone eorl Waleram..& þone eorl he sende to Brigge on heftnunge, & þeonon he sende him to Walingeforde siððon.
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Þa beiet he þone biscoprice of Seintes þat was fif mile fram his abbotrice..þenon brohte se abbot him of Clunni swa swa he æror dide of Besencun.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)43/19 : Nis nanen deadlicen mæn cuð hwu, oððe on hwylcere tide hire halge lichame þanen ætbroden wære.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)48/7 : Jonas hine bed on þæs hwærles innoðe, & he ðonen alysed wæs.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)36/629 : Ȝef þu hauest wið meiðhad..prude..ne ne maken nawt somet eardin in heouene; þeonne godd weorp hire sone se ha iboren wes.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)114/805 : Me com i þe marhen, het witen hwa hefde, aȝein þe kinges forbod, þet licome ilead þeonne.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8583 : Nis nauere na mon iboren..þe mihte mid strengðe þa stanes þenne bringe.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1726 : Ho was itoȝen among mann enne An hire wisdom brohte þenne.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)1274 : Hit was leide ouir a pitte—þenne mitht hit noman flitte—Ofer a streme of watir clene In stid of brigge.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1050 : Brut also com of him þat his fader slow, & þeruore was þenene idriue & to þulke lond drou.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9140 : Þey neuer oute of þat stede ȝede, Ne none myȝt hem þenne lede.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8945 : Þe tre þai vte o þe temple drogh..þai drou it þen and mad a brig Ouer a litel burn to lig.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.325 : Let swepe hem with a wynge..ther as an honde May not come to, pike al the filthis thenne.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)9/10 : Elyne the Empresse dede bryngyn it thene into Costantyn the Noble, and ther it is and shal ben for euere more.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1962 : As fast as they myȝte, the bere þe good then.
- c1460 Cursor (LdMisc 416)6676 : Yef he to myn autor flie Men shall hym þan draw to die.
c
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1104 : Se cyng his folc ofer sæ into Normandig sende, & þa heafod men þær on lande hi underfengon &..into heora castelan gelogodan; þanon hi manige gedrecednissa on hergunga & on bærninge þam eorle gedydon.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)46/15 : Herigen eac & wurðigen þa þa on synscipe wunieð, for þan þe þanen flowð eallen mildheortnysse & gyfe þe heo herigen magen.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)132 : Hit is bi þan ungode Þat is icumen of fule brode & is meind wit fro monne: Euer he cuþ þat he com þonne, Þat he com of þan adel eye, Þeȝ he afro nest leie.
2.
From a specific point or place, away from a place;—used: (a) to identify a location or specify a distance; (b) to indicate the presence or absence of a person or group of persons; also fig. with ref. to God as a place of bliss.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Fra Þrokonholt riht þurh al ðe fen to Dereuorde..and swa to Grætecros..and þeonon vi mile to Paccelade..and þeonen ælle þa feonnon to Medes hamstede..Ðis sindon þa landes and ða feonnes þe seo kyning gef into Sancte Petres mynstre.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5845 : A toun þat me clupede corf þat bote þre myle þanne nas.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2755 : Away hij habbeþ her lorde ybore To Athenes, wel fer þenne, And beriȝed hym among his kynne.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2967 : Saladyn was ten myle þenne, And seyȝ þe torches lyȝtly brene.
b
- c1225 SWard (Roy 17.A.27)38/362 : Hwet mei twemen us from godd & halden us þeonne?
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)25 : Neuer more come aȝeyn whon þei weore enes þenne.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)9866 : How scholde we thanne taken on þere, with hem that on vs don so werre and oure londis distroyen & brenne: wers wylen they don, and we ben thenne.
3.
In combs.: ~ forth [OE þanan-forþ], ~ forth-on [may be construed as ~ for-than 'consequently'], ~ forth-ward, from that time on, thenceforth; also, forthwith [last quot.].
Associated quotations
- a1200(?OE) Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)189 : Soðfastnesse he kið ec him seluen þenne he his sinnes alle swo sheweð alse hie don weren..and þer offe bote hihat..and milce bit and þanen-forðward wið sinne him beregeð.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)174/6 : Þe preost ne schal nawt easki þe ȝef þu wult þeonne uorð [Cleo: þeone forð] forhate þi sunne.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)19108 : Forȝyuenes þenne shal be of pliȝt Þenne [Bedf:Mous: Þon] forþ, whenne þourȝe þe myȝt Of risyng on þe laste day, Þe lastyng deþ shal worþe away.
- (1462-3) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 86.4 : The seid Robert delyuered to the forseide Henry xxv li. in redy mony for ij yere..The said Robert to haue therfore xxxvij li. in redy money, whereof the seide henry paide hym thanneforth with xl s., And for the xxxv li. residue the saide henry and John Steatton as suerte for hym were bounden.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton:EETS)46/1809/306 (f.51rb) : Thenne forth on what that ye wil bye, ye shal haue lycence.
4.
(a) Indicating the next item in a series: after that, next; (b) thus, so, in such a way.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)3/16 : Escolafius empiricam..Asclepius..and Ypocras..Þannum Plato and Aristotiles..ȝesæddun þæt feower wætun syndon on þan manniscen lichama.
b
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)46/19 : Gyf hwa synfulle beo, he andette, & naðelæs herige, þeh ne beo wlitig lof on þæs synfullen muðe; þehhweðere ne geswica he þære herunge, for þan þe þanen heom is behaten forgyfenysse.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.2 Quadr.(Bod 343)54/28 : Þonum us mynegæð þe Hælend on ðam godspelle his leorningcnihtæs to waciȝenne.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)36/1 : Ðanon þe Lucas tealde þa mæȝracan upweard.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)4/21 : Þanane byhouis þam feȝte þam ane, at god es tar best help.
5.
As quasi-noun or pron. in prep. phrases with from ~: (a) from that place, from there; (b) from the source of a fluid; (c) from a specific point; (d) from ~ (forth, from that time on.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)16/149 : Ich habbe þrin isehen a þusent siðe wurse & from þeonne kimeð deað wið a þusent deoflen hiderwart as ich seide.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7743 : Fram salesburi to wiȝt He wende, & fram þanene to normandie riȝt.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.21.12 : Þei piȝtyn tentis in Ieabarym..& fro þenne meuynge þei comyn to þe rennynge water of ȝareth.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2637 : Thei fledde and wente awey be schipe, And hielde here rihte cours fro thenne, Til that thei come to Ravenne.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2768 : Þai fand loth sitand be þe yate Gayns þam ras fra þen he sate.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Rom.15.24 : When I begynne to go in to spayne I hope þat I passande shal see ȝou; and of ȝou I shal fro þenne be ledde þedyr.
b
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)7949 : Blood inward..comeþ ful swiftly And to þe ballockes goþ ful hastifly, And fro þenne it issueth so Whan it cometh þe pintile vnto.
c
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)418 : Þe kyng..Comaundes hem to meeten him..At þe Castel of Carboye..And oþer fiftene myle fro þenne as þei leiȝen.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1186 : A stones cast fro thenne There is a chapelle þat men kenne.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.48.3 : Þe raþere thingis fro þanne I tolde out.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6357 : Fra þan forth heild sir moyses þis wandes bath in pris and pres.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.859 : Yat ye sayd John Lyllyng fra yan furth suld be of gude governaunce.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)316/5 : Fro then-forth xxx shillings of yerely rent..shold abide quyte and extincte.
6.
As rel. adv., in phrase: ~ the: from which place; also, fig. from which source [with repunctuation a few other exx., esp. in sense 1., could also be construed as rel. adverbs].
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)6/1 : Gyf þe þynce þæt þu towræne sy, wit þæt þinre ceola, for þan seo ceola is þære wambe freond, þanen þe cumeð þa unnytte lustes.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)118/13 : Swa raðe swa heo of wurlde gewiteð, swa becumeð heo to heofona rice..þanen þe þu geherdest þone fægerne dream.
7.
As subordinating conj.: when, after.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3542 : Þat he duden..þat scudðen sculden moni mon, þennen [Otho: wan] þe king weoren dæd, demen of his weorken.