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Middle English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- when, whene, whan, whannen, wenne, wen, wenen, wenene, wanne, wannen, wannene, wan, wanen, wanene
- quen (Northern)
- wheonene, whonene, whonnene, whone, wonene, hwenene, hweonne, hweonene, hwonne (southwest Midlands)
- ȝwan (Southwestern)
- hwenne, hwannen, hwanen, hwanene, hwanon
Adverb
whenne (interrogative)
- whence
- from which
Conjunction
whenne (subordinating)
- whence
- from which
References
Etymology 2
Adverb
whenne
- Alternative form of whanne
Conjunction
whenne
- Alternative form of whanne