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▪ I. † whon1, interrog. and rel. pron. Obs.
Forms: 1–3 hwon, hwan, 3 whan, wan.
[OE. hwon, used as instrumental case of hwæt what.]
In dependence on a prep. = What, which; esp. in for whon = because of what or which, why, wherefore.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. vi. 31 Quo operiemur, of huon we biðon wriᵹen. c1000Guthlac 244 Bi hwon scealt ðu lifᵹan? a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1104 He wið þone cyng ᵹeworhte, for hwan hine se cyng ealles benæmde. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 191 Þe ne hauen mid hwan hie hem werien. c1205Lay. 2679 Maidene castel he wes icleoped, nat ich for wan it was swa idon. a1250Owl & Night. 716 Wostu to hwan man wes ibore? To þare blissi of heue[n]ryche. c1275Passion our Lord 49 in O.E. Misc. 38 Mvchel volk hym vulede, wyte ye for hwon.
▪ II. † whon2, n. and a. Obs.
Forms: 1 hwon, huon, 3 whon, wan, 4 qu(h)on(e, 4–6 quhoyn(e.
[OE. hwón, the instrumental case of which, hwéne, is represented by wheen. After c 1200 the word is exclusively northern.]
Few, a few.
Construed in OE. (i) as a n. or an adv. with dependent genitive, (ii) as an adj. (indeclinable), in ME. as an adj. and absol., (iii) as an adv. = a little, a little while (see b, c).
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Mark p. 3/18 De septem panibus et paucis pisciculis, of seofa hlafum & hwon lytle fiscas. c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 32 Ᵹenim pipor..& hwon sealt. Ibid., Do huniᵹes hwon to. a1300Cursor M. 17285 Þaa quon þat heild wit þe þair-witt. Ibid. 19495 O quoner þan o thre, Mai na biscop sacrid be. 13..Ibid. 19782 (Gött.) He bad þa men be all vte-done, Þat in þat hus left bot a quone [Cott. a fon]. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxiv. (Alexis) 265 Certis, now are fundine quhon Þat in þat manere wald haf done. 1375Barbour Bruce xi. 49 We ar quhoyne agayne sa fele. 1513Douglas æneis x. i. 38 A few wordis on this wys Jupiter said. Bot nocht in quhoyn wordis him answer maid The fresch goldyn Venus.
b. na whon (= OE. náteshwón, ná tó þæs hwón), not at all.
c1205Lay. 13203 Nusten þa Bruttes na whon whæt Vortiger hæfde idon.
c. a litel wan (= OE. lýthwón): a little while.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 69 Þole me louerd alitelwan þat ich bimurne mi sor, er ich wite to þe þestere wunienge.
▪ III. whon
obs. form of when, var. wone.
▪ IV. whon, whone
obs. forms of one.
1482Cely Papers (Camden) 103 He sent whon of hys clarkys. 1530Tindale Lev. xv. 18 Yf a woman lye with soche a whone. |