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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þannē, extension of *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”), from Proto-Indo-European *só.
Pronunciation
Adverb
þonne
- then, at that time
- then, soon afterward
- then, in that case
- 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 hē 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?
Conjunction
þonne
- than
- (relative) when
Descendants