þanan

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þananā; cognate with Old Saxon thanan, Old High German danan (German dannen).

Pronunciation

Adverb

þanan

  1. thence, from there
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
      Wōst þū þonne gyt genōh be Gode, gyf hē þē byð cūð swā þē is nū þes mōnan færeld — on hwilcum tungle he nū is, oððe on hwilce hē þanon gēð?
      Then wouldst thou know enough about God, if He should be as well known to thee as the motion of the moon—in what constellation it now is, or into which it is going next?
    • "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 19, verse 4
      Þā arn hē beforan and stāh ūp on ān trēow. Sicomorum þ hē hine ġesāwe. forþām þe hē wolde þanon faran...
      Then he ran in front and climbed (lit. ascend) up on a tree. From sycamores that he saw him. For which he would go from there.
  2. thereupon, after that
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
      hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan
      wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,
      since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s)
      with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon
      traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,

Descendants

  • Middle English: þenne
  • →? Old Norse: þanan (calque)
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