hwon
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Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]hwon
- (southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whan
Etymology 2
[edit]Adverb
[edit]hwon
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of whon
Etymology 3
[edit]Adverb
[edit]hwon
- Alternative form of whanne
Conjunction
[edit]hwon
- Alternative form of whanne
Old English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hwōn ?
Usage notes
[edit]Indeclinable. Often used partitively with the genitive of another noun to mean "a little bit of sth."
Adjective
[edit]hwōn
Usage notes
[edit]Like the noun, usually undeclined.
Adverb
[edit]hwōn
- slightly, a little, somewhat
- c. 992, Ælfric, “The Nativity of the Innocents”
- Ġif hē hwon hnappode, ðǣrrihte hine drehton nihtliċe gedwimor, swā þæt him ðæs slǣpes ofþuhte.
- If he napped a little, immediately nightmares tormented him, such that sleep became miserable for him.
- c. 992, Ælfric, “The Nativity of the Innocents”
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]hwon
- instrumental of hwā
- instrumental of hwæt