"hwanon" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈxwɑ.non/, [ˈʍɑ.non]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *hwananā, with Proto-Germanic *-anē. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*hwananā}} Proto-West Germanic *hwananā, {{der|ang|gem-pro|*-anē}} Proto-Germanic *-anē Head templates: {{ang-adv|hwanon}} hwanon
  1. where from, whence
    Sense id: en-hwanon-ang-adv-ntPerziG Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
  2. how (not the general meaning of "in which way", but meaning "from which source" or "from where")
    Sense id: en-hwanon-ang-adv-cfdYwyG7 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hwanan, hwonan, hwanun Related terms: āhwanon (english: from anywhere), nāhwanon (english: from nowhere), ġehwanon (english: from all sides), þanon (english: from there), heonan (english: from here)

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Where did you get that hat?",
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          "english": "The wind blows where it wants, and you hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it's going.",
          "text": "Sē wind blǣwþ þǣr hē wile, and þū ġehīerst his swēġ, ac þū nāst hwanon hē cymþ ne hwæder hē gǣþ.",
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          "english": "Now many a man will think and inquire, whence the devil came? be it, therefore, known to him that God created as a great angel him who is now the devil: but God did not create him as the devil: but when he was wholly fordone and guilty towards God, through his great haughtiness and enmity, then became he changed to the devil, who before was created a great angel.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Beginning of Creation\"\nNu þencð menig man and smeað hwanon deofol come; þonne wite he þæt God gesceop to mæran engle þone þe nu is deofol: ac God ne gesceop hine na to deofle; ac þaða he wæs mid ealle fordón and forscyldgod þurh þa miclan up-ahefednysse and wiðerweardnysse, þa wearð he to deofle awend, seðe ǣr wæs mære engel geworht.",
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