"hwene" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈxweː.ne/, [ˈʍeː.ne] Forms: hwēne [canonical], hwǣne [alternative], hwœ̄ne [alternative], huoene [alternative]
Etymology: Likely a fossilized instrumental case form of hwōn Head templates: {{ang-adv|hwēne}} hwēne
  1. a little, somewhat
    Sense id: en-hwene-ang-adv-NDVHHF3y Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "Likely a fossilized instrumental case form of hwōn",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hwēne",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwǣne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwœ̄ne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "huoene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hwēne"
      },
      "expansion": "hwēne",
      "name": "ang-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Finns dwell on the moors; and that inhabited land is widest in the east, and always smaller farther north. In the east it can be sixty miles wide, or a bit wider; and in the middle, thirty miles or broader; and in the north, he said, where it was smallest, it might be three miles across to the moor; and the moor, in some places, is as wide as a man can cross in two weeks; and in some places, as broad as a man can cross in six days.",
          "text": "Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nOn þǣm mōrum eardiað Finnas; and þæt bȳne land is ēasteweard brādost, and symle swā norðor swā smælre. Ēastewerd hit mæġ bīon syxtiġ mīla brād, oþþe hwēne brǣdre; and middeweard þritiġ oððe brādre; and norðeweard, hē cwæð, þǣr hit smalost wǣre, þæt hit mihte bēon þrēora mīla brād tō þǣm mōre; and sē mōr syðþan, on sumum stōwum, swā brād swā man mæġ on twām wucum oferferan; and, on sumum stōwum, swā brād swā man mæġ on syx dagum oferferan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a little, somewhat"
      ],
      "id": "en-hwene-ang-adv-NDVHHF3y",
      "links": [
        [
          "a little",
          "a little"
        ],
        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxweː.ne/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʍeː.ne]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwene"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Likely a fossilized instrumental case form of hwōn",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hwēne",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwǣne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwœ̄ne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "huoene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hwēne"
      },
      "expansion": "hwēne",
      "name": "ang-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English adverbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Finns dwell on the moors; and that inhabited land is widest in the east, and always smaller farther north. In the east it can be sixty miles wide, or a bit wider; and in the middle, thirty miles or broader; and in the north, he said, where it was smallest, it might be three miles across to the moor; and the moor, in some places, is as wide as a man can cross in two weeks; and in some places, as broad as a man can cross in six days.",
          "text": "Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nOn þǣm mōrum eardiað Finnas; and þæt bȳne land is ēasteweard brādost, and symle swā norðor swā smælre. Ēastewerd hit mæġ bīon syxtiġ mīla brād, oþþe hwēne brǣdre; and middeweard þritiġ oððe brādre; and norðeweard, hē cwæð, þǣr hit smalost wǣre, þæt hit mihte bēon þrēora mīla brād tō þǣm mōre; and sē mōr syðþan, on sumum stōwum, swā brād swā man mæġ on twām wucum oferferan; and, on sumum stōwum, swā brād swā man mæġ on syx dagum oferferan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a little, somewhat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a little",
          "a little"
        ],
        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxweː.ne/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʍeː.ne]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwene"
}

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