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继承古英语 hwanne, hwænne, hwenne, hwonne继承原始日耳曼语 *hwannē (何时),派生自原始印欧语 *kʷís (谁,什么,哪个)

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whanne

  1. 何时

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whanne

  1. …的时候
    • 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis[1]:
      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”, 出自 The Tales of Caunt́burẏ (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, 出版于 c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto:
      Whan that Auerill wt 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,页号s 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.
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  • 英语: when
  • 低地苏格兰语: whan
  • 约拉语: fan

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whanne

  1. wonnen的另一种写法winnen 的简单过去时复数