henen
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See also: hə́nən'
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]henen
- hence
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Reeve's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 3888-3890:
- And yet ik have alwey a coltes tooth,
As many a yeer as it is passed henne
Sin that my tappe of lyf bigan to renne.- And yet I have always a young man's desires,
As many years as have passed hence
Since my tap of life began to run.
- And yet I have always a young man's desires,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Reeve's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 3888-3890:
References
[edit]- “henen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.