heonan

Old English

Alternative forms

• heonon

Etymology

From a variant of the Germanic root of hē. Cognate with Old Saxon hinana, Old High German hinana (German hinnen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxe͜o.nɑn/, [ˈhe͜o.nɑn]

Adverb

heonan

1. from here, hence
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Sēo tīd onginð on ðisum Sunnandæġe, nigon wucon ǣr Ēastron, and ġeendað on ðām Saternesdæġe þǣre Ēasterlīċan wucan: tō ðām dæġe sind heonon ġetealde hundseofontiġ daga; and þæt Israhela folc, for heora māndǣdum and forgǣġednyssum, wurdon ġehergode, and hundseofontiġ ġēara on Babilonisċum þēowdōme, buton blisse and myrhðe, wunodon.

     This time begins this Sunday, nine weeks before Easter, and ends on the Saturday in the week of Easter: to that day, from today, are seventy days; and the Israelites, for their evil deeds and transgressions, were taken captive, and spent seventy years living in slavery to the Bablyonians, without joy or mirth.

Derived terms

• beheonan
• heonan forþ