† whethenadv.

Forms: Middle English weðen, queðen, Middle English wheþin, wheþyn, whethene, queþen, quiþen, queiþin, queyþen, weþen, wethen, wythenne, Middle English wheþen(e, whethen, quethen, Middle English wheþon, whethyn, whythene, whythyne, quethin, qu-, qwethun.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse hvaðan.

Etymology: < Old Norse hvaðan (Middle Swedish hwädhan , Middle Danish hvæden ; < root of who pron. and n. + ðan as in heðan , þeðan ), with vowel-assimilation to hethen adv., thethen adv.

Obsolete.

= whence adv. and conj.; and, like that word, often preceded by redundant fro (occasionally of).

1. interrogative = whence adv. and conj. 1, 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adverb] > from what source or origin

whennec888

whethenc1200

whence1485

where1729

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adverb] > from which place (interrogative)

whennec888

whethenc1200

whencec1300

wherehenc1400

wherefro1513

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 127 Weðen is me cumen þat mi louerdes moder cumeð to me?

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1401 Al he tolde hem fro queðen he cam.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2619 ‘Agar,’ he said, ‘queþen comes þou, Or queþerward wil þu ga nou?’

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 461 Neuermore þen þay wyste fram queþen he watȝ wonnen.

c1400 Anturs Arth. xxviii Wheþene [v.r. whythene] is þe comli kniȝte?

c1420 Chron. Vilod. 535 Þe kynge askede anone what was his name And what mon And whethen þat he wasse.

a. relative = whence adv. and conj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place > from which place

whethenwardc1175

whethena1340

whence1382

wherefroc1449

wherefrom1490

whenceforth1590

whence-from1666

whenceward1704

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adverb] > from which place (relative)

whennec1000

whethena1340

wherefroc1449

wherehenc1475

whence1535

whenceforward1899

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxx. 1 I liftid myn eghyn in hillis wheþen help cum till me.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5205 Ierusalem..fra whethen þe crosse for yhow I bare.

c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 4118 That he was lord of that kyndome Fro whethen alle that riches is come.

b. In generalized or indefinite sense: From whatever place, whencesoever.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place > from any place

whenne1390

whethenc1400

whencesoever1511

anywhence1531

whencever1718

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 871 Wheþen in worlde he were, Hit semed as he m[o]ȝt Be prynce with-outen pere.

Derivatives

† ˈwhethenward adv. [compare -ward suffix 4, 7] Obsolete in fra whethenward, from whence, whence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place > from which place

whethenwardc1175

whethena1340

whence1382

wherefroc1449

wherefrom1490

whenceforth1590

whence-from1666

whenceward1704

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16668 Þu ne mahht nohht witenn..Fra wheþennwarrd gast cumeþþ forþ.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whethen
释义	† whethenadv. Forms: Middle English weðen, queðen, Middle English wheþin, wheþyn, whethene, queþen, quiþen, queiþin, queyþen, weþen, wethen, wythenne, Middle English wheþen(e, whethen, quethen, Middle English wheþon, whethyn, whythene, whythyne, quethin, qu-, qwethun. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse hvaðan. Etymology: < Old Norse hvaðan (Middle Swedish hwädhan , Middle Danish hvæden ; < root of who pron. and n. + ðan as in heðan , þeðan ), with vowel-assimilation to hethen adv., thethen adv. Obsolete. = whence adv. and conj.; and, like that word, often preceded by redundant fro (occasionally of). 1. interrogative = whence adv. and conj. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adverb] > from what source or origin whennec888 whethenc1200 whence1485 where1729 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adverb] > from which place (interrogative) whennec888 whethenc1200 whencec1300 wherehenc1400 wherefro1513 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 127 Weðen is me cumen þat mi louerdes moder cumeð to me? a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1401 Al he tolde hem fro queðen he cam. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2619 ‘Agar,’ he said, ‘queþen comes þou, Or queþerward wil þu ga nou?’ c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 461 Neuermore þen þay wyste fram queþen he watȝ wonnen. c1400 Anturs Arth. xxviii Wheþene [v.r. whythene] is þe comli kniȝte? c1420 Chron. Vilod. 535 Þe kynge askede anone what was his name And what mon And whethen þat he wasse. 2. a. relative = whence adv. and conj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place > from which place whethenwardc1175 whethena1340 whence1382 wherefroc1449 wherefrom1490 whenceforth1590 whence-from1666 whenceward1704 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adverb] > from which place (relative) whennec1000 whethena1340 wherefroc1449 wherehenc1475 whence1535 whenceforward1899 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxx. 1 I liftid myn eghyn in hillis wheþen help cum till me. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5205 Ierusalem..fra whethen þe crosse for yhow I bare. c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 4118 That he was lord of that kyndome Fro whethen alle that riches is come. b. In generalized or indefinite sense: From whatever place, whencesoever. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place > from any place whenne1390 whethenc1400 whencesoever1511 anywhence1531 whencever1718 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 871 Wheþen in worlde he were, Hit semed as he m[o]ȝt Be prynce with-outen pere. Derivatives † ˈwhethenward adv. [compare -ward suffix 4, 7] Obsolete in fra whethenward, from whence, whence. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place > from which place whethenwardc1175 whethena1340 whence1382 wherefroc1449 wherefrom1490 whenceforth1590 whence-from1666 whenceward1704 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16668 Þu ne mahht nohht witenn..Fra wheþennwarrd gast cumeþþ forþ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1175
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