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Hungarian
Etymology
From the he variant of the obsolete or dialectal hiu (“emptiness”) + -n.[1] Compare csupán (“only”), pusztán (“barely”).[1] First attested c. 1195.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
heon (not comparable)
- (obsolete) only, solely
c. 1195, Benkő Lóránd, Ewithu, transl., Halotti beszéd és könyörgés:Eſ mend paradiſumben uolov gimilcíctul munda nekí elnie. Heon tilutoa wt ig fa gimilcetvl.- And he told him to live on all the fruits of paradise. He only forbade him from the fruit of one tree.
c. 1195, Benkő Lóránd, Ewithu, transl., Halotti beszéd és könyörgés:Num heon muga nec. ge mend w foianec halalut evec.- They ate death not only for him, but for all his kind.
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Pronoun
heon
- Alternative form of hem (“them”)
Etymology 2
Verb
heon
- Alternative form of hewen (“to make a loud noise”)