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† wherehen, -hence, adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 4 whar hanne. β. 6 wherhens, wherhence, 6–7 where-hence, wherehence.
[f. where 15 + henne, hence. Cf. herehence, therehence.]
1. interrog. = whence 1, 2.
c1400R. Glouc. Chron. (Rolls) 7726 Wonder it was whar hanne [v.rr. wanene, whannen, whens] it com. c1475Partenay 3383 Off norreles Anon gan hym to enquere; Where⁓hens he cam. 1567Jewel Def. Apol. iii. ii. 336 Where hence haue Schismes, and Heresies spronge vp, or where⁓hence doo they springe, onlesse [etc.]. 1584Copie of a Letter 78 And wherhence (I pray you) ensueth al this?
2. rel. = whence 3, 4.
c1475Partenay 5489 Where-hens thay shull noght depart veryly Fro thys vnto the day of Iugement. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke ii. 24 b, Not after the fleshe onely (wherhens in dede the begynnyng of this saluacion hath proceded). 1575Turberv. Faulconrie 27 But wherehence soeuer the name is deriued, this is moste assured, that of all other birds of pray, the Falcon is most excellent. 1603J. Davies Microcosmos Wks. (Grosart) I. 31/2 Dust of the earth..Wherehence we came, and wherevnto we must. 1611Coryat Crudities 448 This part of the country..was..inhabited by a kinde of people called Triboces,..where⁓hence it was called Tribocum regio. 1647Trapp Comm. Matt. vii. 5 God will lay them in the slimy valleyes,..where⁓hence also they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. |