▪ I. † thenne, then, adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 1 þanon(n)e, þonane, þonone, 2–3 þonene, 2–5 þanane, 3 þanene, þeonene, þenene. β. 3 þonne, 3–4 þanne, þeonne (3 þeone), 3–5 þenne (3 þene), 4–5 thenne. γ. 1 þanan, -on, -un, þonan, -on, 2 þenen, þeonen, 2–3 þanen. δ. 1 þona. ε. 4–5 þen, þan, 5 then. See also thyne.
[OE. þanone, þanon, þonan, etc. = OFris. thana, OS. thanana, thanân, ODu. *þanna (MDu. danne, dan, Du. dan), OHG. thanana, than(n)ân, dan(n)ân (MHG., Ger. dannen), Goth. type *þanana: all formed by the addition of particles to the stem þa- of the demonstrative that.
As to the relations of the OE. forms, the β group may have arisen from the α, with loss of the middle vowel: þan(o)ne, þanne, etc. From the β forms, loss of the final e gave than, then, as in then adv. The δ þona is app. the northern form of þonan in γ. But the prehistoric development in OTeut. and the relation of the preh. forms to those of then, is very obscure: see the articles referred to under then.]
1. Of motion: a. From that place; = thence 1.
| α a 900 Cynewulf Judith xi. 132 Eodon ða geᵹnum þanonne Þa idesa ba ellenþriste. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. v. 26 Ne gæst þu þanone [Lindisf. ðona, Rush. þonan, Hatton þanen] ær þu aᵹylde þone ytemestan feorðlingc. c 1175 Þe Lesse Crede in Lamb. Hom. 217 Þonene he kumeð to demen ðe quike and ðe deade. c 1205 Lay. 235 Sone he þonene [c 1275 þanene] iuatte. Ibid. 1297 Þeonene [c 1275 þanene] he ferde forð. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 1050 Brut..þat his fader slow, & þeruore was þenene [later v.rr. þenne, þanne, þens, þennys] idriue. |
| β c 1205 Lay. 654 Nolde he þonne [c 1275 þanne] fare. Ibid. 5971 Þæ Belin þeonne [c 1275 þanne] wende. Ibid. 31362 To fleomen hine þenne. c 1230 Hali Meid. 43 Þeone godd warp hire. a 1250 Owl & Night. 132 Euer he cuþ þat he comme þenne [v.r. þonne]. c 1300 Havelok 1185 Þer to dwellen, or þenne to gonge. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. i. 71 Er heo þeonne ȝeode. c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 325 Pike all the filthes thenne. |
| γ Beowulf (Z.) 1806 Wolde feor þanon cuma collen-ferhð ceoles neosan. c 725 Corpus Gloss., Illinc, þanan. 971 Blickl. Hom. 67 He.. þa halᵹan sauwla þonon alædde. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xi. 1 He for þanun [c 1160 Hatton G. for þanen]. a 1131 O.E. Chron. an. 1123, Þeonen he ferde to Wudestoke. Ibid., Ða ferde se kyng þenen to Portesmuðe. a 1175 Cott. Hom. 241 Þanen hit was ibroht up into heofene. |
| δ c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xii. 59 Ne gæs ðu ðona oðð [etc.]. |
| ε 13.. Cursor M. 8945 (Cott.) Þe tre þai vte o þe temple drogh..Þai drou it þen [v.rr. þeiþen, þennes]. c 1425 Ibid. 6676 (Laud) Men shall hym þan draw to die. Ibid. 16908 Er they then went. c 1420 Chron. Vilod. 3000 Þat þulke relekes nolde neuer go þen a-way. |
b. With redundant
from:
= thence 1 b.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7743 Fram salesburi to wiȝt He wende & fram þanene to normandie riȝt. Ibid. 8224 Fram þanene hii wende. |
c. As a relative adverb: Whence, from where.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xii. 44 Ic willo cerre in hus min ðona [L. unde] ic cuom. 13.. Cursor M. 2768 (Cott.) Loth..Gayns þam ras fra þen [v.r. þar] he sate. |
2. Of position:
= thence 2.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 5845 A toun..þat bote þre myle þanne nas. 13.. Coer de L. 2947 Saladyn was ten myle thenne. a 1375 Joseph Arim. 25 Neuer more come aȝeyn whon þei weore enes þenne. c 1450 Lovelich Merlin 9866 Wers wylen they don, and we ben thenne. |
3. = thence 3. (Only
OE.)
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxx. §2, & þonan wyrð anæþeled oð ðæt he wyrð unæþele. a 1000 Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 220/43 Dehinc, i.deinde, abhinc, rursum,..dein, uel þonane, uel forþan. |
4. From that source, origin, cause;
= thence 4.
| Beowulf 1265 Þanon woc fela ᵹeo sceaft gasta. Ibid. 1961 Þonon ᵹeomor woc, hæleðum to helpe. c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xl. 289 Ðonne wierð ᵹehnescad ðonone sio ðreaung ðæs anwaldes. c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Th.) lxvii[i]. 8 Þanon eorðe byð eall onhrered. c 1400 Rule St. Benet 4 Þanane byhouis þam feȝte þam ane, at god es tar best help. |
Hence
† thenforth,
-forthon adv. = thenceforth;
† thenforthward adv. = thenceforward;
† thenward,
-wards adv. = thenceward.
| c 875 Sax. Genealogies 23 in O.E. Texts 179 *Ðonan forð. a 1023 Wulfstan Hom. i. (1883) 1 He ða syððan..þanonforð ᵹeseon ne mihte. 13.. Cursor M. 6357 (Cott.) Fra þan forth heild sir moyses Þis wandes bath. 1426 in Surtees Misc (1888) 9 Þat þe sayd John Lyllyng fra þan furth suld be of gude governaunce. |
| c 1477 Caxton Jason 6 Fro *thenne forthon he named him his broder. 1484 ― Fables of æsop iii. xx. |
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 189 And *þanen⁓forðward he bereȝeð him wið sinne. |
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 296 Hie him so *þeoneward, & ascur him so scheomeliche. c 1230 Hali Meid. 43 As ha nuste hwuch wei ha come þeneward; ne con ha neauer ifinden na wei aȝainward. 13.. S. Eng. Leg. (MS. Bodl. 779) in Herrig Archiv LXXXII. 313/40 Franceys al naked þenwardis gan gon. |
▪ II. thenne, þenne obs. form of
than,
then,
thin.