"Hu þonne" meaning in Old English

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Phrase

Forms: Hū þonne [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|ang|phrase|head=Hū þonne ?}} Hū þonne ?
  1. but how?, why
    Sense id: en-Hu_þonne-ang-phrase-luqnqpvw Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header

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          "english": "Christ came for the fall of unbelieving men, and for the rising of the faithful; and also to every believing man was Christ's coming both a fall and a rising. But how? He came because he would cast down every evil, and rear up every good.\"",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"ON THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY\"\nÐam ungeleaffullum mannum com Crist to hryre, and þam geleaffullum to æriste; and eac anum gehwilcum gelyfedum men wæs Cristes to-cyme ægðer ge hryre ge ærist. Hu ðonne? He com to ðy þæt he wolde ælc yfel towurpan, and ælc góod aræran.",
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