| 释义 |
whenso, adv., conj.|ˈhwɛnsəʊ|
Forms: see when and so adv. and conj.
[ME. hwense, representing OE. *swá hwanne swá: see when and so adv. 17 d.]
†1. = when 4. Obs.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 85 In þe deie of liureisun hwense god almihtin wule windwin þet er wes iþorschen. c1205Lay. 15054 Weonne so ich beo uorð faren, Hengest eow wul makien kare. a1225Ancr. R. 412 Ȝe ȝet moten chaungen ham hwonse ȝe euer willeð. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. cxviii, Quhen so my teris dropen on the ground,..the lytill birdis smale Styntith thaire song. 1567Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 522 Quhen swa this cruell murthour wes committit,..nevir ceissit he of his wickit..pretense.
2. = whenever 1. arch.
c1200Ormin 1466 Whannse þu forrȝifesst tuss Þin wraþþe & ec þin wræche, Aȝȝ þanne lakesst tu þin Godd Gastlike i þine þæwess. c1400Rule St. Benet (verse) 861 When so we ȝern ony thing Þat may fall vnto flesch likyng, Thinke we god waites vs weterly! c1425Cast. Persev. 2542 in Macro Plays 153 It is good, whon-so þe wynde blowe, A man to haue sum-what of his owe. 1473Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 178 He sal haue the fredome of hoslary quhenswa at it be sufficiand. 1591Spenser M. Hubberd 829 Whenso loue of letters did inspire Their gentle wits. 1866Neale Sequences, Hymns, etc. 216 Whenso that battle seems going against us, remember the legend. 1879Butcher & Lang Odyssey iii. 40 Phrontis,..who excelled the tribes of men in piloting a ship, whenso the storm winds were hurrying by. |