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whanne
adv. & conj.
273 quotations in 14 senses
Sense / Definition
As simple adv., in phrase:
whanne and whanne
, at one time and another, now and then, occasionally; also, in combs.:
selde (seldene) whanne
, rarely;
som whanne
[see
som-whan
adv.];
whilom whanne
, in…
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