Middle English Dictionary Entry
whẹ̄ne adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | whẹ̄ne adv. Also (early) hwen(e. |
| Etymology | OE hwēne adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. whon adv.
1.
In comb.: ~ er, a little while ago, slightly earlier.
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)58/18 : Se an dæig byð ece, æfre ungeændod buten ælcre nihte, buten gedreccednysse, buten eallen þan geswyncen, þe we hwen [OE hwene] ær on þyssere rædinge tealdon.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)32/32 : Ða sæde him ðe Hælend syððan þis biȝspel, swa swa we hwene ær eow sæden on Englisc.