whanne

中古英语

词源1

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

其他写法

• whan, whane, whain, whaune, whenne, when, whene, whon, whonne, wanne, wan, wane, waen, wahan, wenne, wen, wene, wehn, wehen, vhen, vhanne, van, qwhan, qwhen, qwan, qwanne, qwuan, qwen, qwene, qwon, quanne, quan, quane, quenne, quen, quene, qien
• wȝon, ȝwen (西米德兰兹)
• huanne (肯特)
• ȝwanne, ȝwan, ȝwane (西南英格兰)
• wæne, wonne, won, wone (西南米德兰兹)
• hwan, hwanne, hwænne, hwenne, hwen, hwene, hwon, hwonne, uan, vien, qvanne (早期)

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈʍan(ə)/, /ˈʍɛn(ə)/

副词

whanne

1. 何时

连词

whanne

1. 当…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 w^t 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，第 40–41 页s:

     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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派生语汇

• 英语: when
• 低地苏格兰语: whan
• 约拉语: fan

参考资料

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

词源2

动词

whanne

1. wonnen的另一种写法：winnen 的简单过去时复数