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別の表記

• whan, whane, whain, whaune, whenne, when, whene, whon, wanne, wan, wane, waen, wahan, wenne, wen, wene, wehn, wehen, vhen, vhanne, van, qwhan, qwhen, qwan, qwanne, qwuan, qwen, qwene, quan, quane, quenne, quen, quene, qien
• quanne, qwon (East Anglia); huanne (Kent); ȝwanne, ȝwan, ȝwane (Southwestern)
• ȝwen, wȝon, won, wone, whonne (West Midland); wæne, wonne (Laȝamon's Brut)
• hwan, hwanne, hwænne, hwenne, hwen, hwene, hwon, hwonne, uan, vien, qvanne (Early Middle English)

発音

• IPA: /ˈhwan(ə)/, /ˈhwɛn(ə)/

副詞

whanne

1. (interrogative) when (at what time?)
2. (relative) when (during which)
3. (relative, rare) In which case

接続詞

whanne

1. when
   • 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis‎:

     Bot often for defalte of bondes Al sodeinliche, er it be wist, A Tonne, whanne his lye arist, Tobrekth and renneth al aboute, Which elles scholde noght gon oute […]

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   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto:

     Whan that Auerill w his shoures soote / The droghte of march hath ꝑced to the roote / And bathed euery veyne in swich lycour / Of which v̄tu engendred is the flour […]

     When that April, with its sweet showers / Has pierced March's drought to the root / And bathed every vein in fluid such that / with its power, the flower is made […]

   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende.

     Master John Aston taught and wrote accordingly and really busily, where, when, and to whoever he wanted, and he used it himself, I take it, very well until the end of his life.

派生した語

• English: when
• Scots: whan
• Yola: fan, van, phen

参照

• “whanne, adv. & conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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動詞

whanne

1. alternative form of wonnen: simple past plural of winnen