adv. Obs. Forms: α. 1 þanon(n)e, þonane, þonone, 2–3 þonene, 2–5 þanane, 3 þanene, þeonene, þenene. β. 3 þonne, 3–4 þanne, þeonne (3 þeone), 3–5 þenne (3 þene), 4–5 thenne. γ. 1 þanan, -on, -un, þonan, -on, 2 þenen, þeonen, 2–3 þanen. δ. 1 þona. ε. 4–5 þen, þan, 5 then. See also THYNE. [OE. þanone, panon, þonan, etc. = OFris. thana, OS. thanana, thanân, ODu. *þanna (MDu. danne, dan, Du. dan), OHG. thanana, than(n)ân, dan(n)ân (MHG., Ger. dannen), Goth. type *þanana: all formed by the addition of particles to the stem þa- of the demonstrative THAT.
As to the relations of the OE. forms, the β group may have arisen from the α, with loss of the middle vowel: þan(o)ne, þanne, etc. From the β forms, loss of the final e gave than, then, as in THEN adv. The δ þona is app. the northern form of þonan in γ. But the prehistoric development in OTeut. and the relation of the preh. forms to those of THEN, is very obscure: see the articles referred to under THE.]
1. Of motion: a. From that place; = THENCE 1.
α. a. 900. Cynewulf, Judith, xi. 132. Eodon ða geʓnum þanonne Þa idesa ba ellenþriste.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. v. 26. Ne gæst þu þanone [Lindisf. ðona, Rush. þonan, Hatton þanen] ær þu aʓylde þone ytemestan feorðlingc.
c. 1175. Þe Lesse Crede, in Lamb. Hom., 217. Þonene he kumeð to demen ðe quike and ðe deade.
c. 1205. Lay., 235. Sone he þonene [c. 1275 þanene] iuatte. Ibid., 1297. Þeonene [c. 1275 þanene] he ferde forð.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 1050. Brut … þat his fader slow, & þeruore was þenene [later v. rr. þenne, þanne, þens, þennys] idriue.
β. c. 1205. Lay., 654. Nolde he þonne [c. 1275 þanne] fare. Ibid., 5971. Pæ Belin þeonne [c. 1275 þanne] wende. Ibid., 31362. To fleomen hine þenne.
c. 1230. Hali Meid., 43. Þeone godd warp hire.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 132. Euer he cuþ þat he comme þenne [v.r. þonne].
c. 1300. Havelok, 1185. Þer to dwellen, or þenne to gonge.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. I. 71. Er heo þeonne ȝeode.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., XII. 325. Pike all the filthes thenne.
γ. Beowulf (Z.), 1806. Wolde feor þanon cuma collen-ferhð ceoles neosan.
c. 725. Corpus Gloss., Illinc, þanan.
971. Blickl. Hom., 67. He … þa halʓan sauwla þonon alædde.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xi. 1. He for þanun [c. 1160 Hatton G. for þanen].
a. 1131. O. E. Chron., an. 1123. Þeonen he ferde to Wudestoke. Ibid. Ða ferde se kyng þenen to Portesmuðe.
a. 1175. Cott. Hom., 241. Þanen hit was ibroht up into heofene.
δ. c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Luke xii. 59. Ne gæs ðu ðona oðð [etc.].
ε. 13[?]. Cursor M., 8945 (Cott.). Þe tre þai yte o þe temple drogh … Þai drou it þen [v.rr. þeiþen, þennes]. Ibid. (c. 1425), 6676 (Laud). Men shall hym þan draw to die. Ibid., 16903. Er they then went.
c. 1420. Chron. Vilod., 3000. Þat þulke relekes nolde neuer go þen a-way.
b. With redundant from: = THENCE 1 b.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 7743. Fram salesburi to wiȝt He wende & fram þanene to normandie riȝt. Ibid., 8224. Fram þanene hii wende.
c. As a relative adverb; Whence, from where.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Matt. xii. 44. Ic willo cerre in hus min ðona [L. unde] ic cuom.
13[?]. Cursor M., 2768 (Cott.). Loth … Gayns þam ras fra þen [v.r. þar] he sate.
2. Of position: = THENCE 2.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 5845. A toun … þat bote þre myle þanne nas.
13[?]. Coer de L., 2917. Saladyn was ten myle thenne.
a. 1375. Joseph Arim., 25. Neuer more come aȝeyn whon þei weore enes þenne.
c. 1450. Lovelich, Merlin, 9866. Wers wylen they don, and we ben thenne.
3. = THENCE 3. (Only OE.)
c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxx. § 2. & þonan wyrð anæþeled oð ðæt he wyrð unæþele.
c. 1000. Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 220/43. Dehinc, i. deinde, abhinc, rursum,… dein, uel þonane, uel forþan.
4. From that source, origin, cause; = THENCE 4.
Beowulf, 1265. Þanon woc fela ʓeo sceaft gasta. Ibid., 1961. Þonon ʓeomor woc, hæleðum to helpe.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xl. 289. Ðonne wierð ʓehnescad ðonone sio ðreaung ðæs anwaldes.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Th.), lxvii[i]. 8. Þanon eorðe byð eall onhrered.
c. 1400. Rule St. Benet, 4. Þanane byhouis þam feȝte þam ane, at god es tar best help.
Hence † Thenforth, -forthon adv. = THENCEFORTH; † Thenforthward adv. = THENCEFORWARD; † Thenward, -wards adv. = THENCEWARD.
c. 875. Sax. Genealogies, 23, in O. E. Texts, 179. *Ðonan forð.
a. 1023. Wulfstan, Hom., i. (1883), 1. He ða syððan … þanonforð ʓescon ne mihte.
13[?]. Cursor M., 6357 (Cott.). Fra þan forth heild sir moyses Þis wandes bath.
1426. in Surtees Misc. (1888), 9. Þat þe sayd John Lyllyng fra þan furth suld be of gude governaunce.
c. 1477. Caxton, Jason, 6. Fro *thenne forthon he named him his broder. Ibid. (1484), Fables of Æesop, III. xx.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 189. And *þanenforðward he bereȝeð him wið sinne.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 296. Hie him so *þeoneward, & ascur him so scheomeliche.
c. 1230. Hali Meid., 43. As ha nuste hwuch wei ha come þeneward; ne con ha neauer ifinden na wei aȝainward.
13[?]. S. Eng. Leg. (MS. Bodl. 779), in Herrig’s Archiv, LXXXII. 313/40. Franceys al naked þenwardis gan gon.
