† nowthenadv.

Forms: Middle English nuþen, Middle English nuðen.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nowthe adv.

Etymology: Alteration of nowthe adv., perhaps after sithen adv. (compare sith adv.). Compare also Old English nū ðonne, in the same sense.

Obsolete. rare.

Now. (Sometimes with the temporal sense weakened; cf. now adv. 5a, 5b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb]

noweOE

nowtheOE

nughuOE

todayOE

nowthenc1225

orc1275

in presentc1330

in this presentc1330

now by dawec1330

of present1340

presentc1385

nowadays?1387

adaysa1393

nowadaya1393

now on daysa1393

presently?a1425

now of daysc1425

now-o'-daysc1450

at (the) presenta1500

at this presenta1500

nowdaysa1500

currently1579

on the presenta1616

actually1663

nowanights1672

naow1824

at this (or the) present speaking1835

again1837

contemporarily1837

nowdays1850

any more1859

hic et nunc1935

at this moment in time1936

c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) 260 (MED) Iesu..wisse me nuðen hwet me beo to donne ant do me to understonden.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Royal) (1934) 51 (MED) For þi deorewurðe nome ich habbe idrohen nowcin & nome deað nuðen.

a1300 Woman of Samaria l. 56 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 85 Þe king þat wurþ and nuþen is and euer yete was.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

2. now and then, †then and then (obsolete), at one time and at another, at various times, at intervals, occasionally (cf. here and there at here adv. 9). now..then.., at one time..at another time. (See also now adv. 7b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally

whiloma900

whilea1000

stoundmealc1000

stundumOE

otherwhileOE

umquhile1154

with and withc1175

by stoundsa1225

otherwhilesc1225

umbestound?c1225

umbewhilec1230

then and thenc1275

sometime…sometime1297

umstounda1300

by while13..

over while13..

sometime1340

umbe throwea1350

at timesa1382

now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393

umbwhile1393

eftsoona1398

sometimea1400

by sithesc1400

umbestoundsc1400

from time to (formerly unto) time1423

now and (also or) then1445

ever now and nowa1470

when and whenc1470

occasionallya1475

in timesa1500

whiles?a1500

whilomsa1500

sometimes1526

somewhiles1528

at whiles1540

ever now and then1542

a-whiles1546

somewhiles…, somewhiles1547

at sometimes1548

now and thenc1550

ever and anon1558

by occasions1562

on (also upon) occasion1562

as soon…as soon1581

every now and then (also again)1642

by a time1721

once and a while1765

ever and again1788

periodically1825

in spots1851

c1275 [see δ. forms].

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xi. vii. lf. 108 b/2 It [rain]..comeþ doune thanne and thanne.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1848 Þai..wende ay þan and þan to droun.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1467 He walde it tell' þan and þan.

c1550 R. Bieston Bayte Fortune B iij The ryche peraduenture oppresseth nowe and than.

a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 334 If that those at any time, then and then, be deceived.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 26 Now and then in an Age, one miraculously, beyond all hopes, proves learned.

1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) II. 239 She listened to him.., asking him every now and then such questions as should [etc.].

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Than.. loses the aspirate in one phrase only, ‘now and tan’ for ‘now and then’.

1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France II. 245 Restive, now sullen, then in boisterous revolt.

单词	nowthen
释义	† nowthenadv. Forms: Middle English nuþen, Middle English nuðen. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nowthe adv. Etymology: Alteration of nowthe adv., perhaps after sithen adv. (compare sith adv.). Compare also Old English nū ðonne, in the same sense. Obsolete. rare. Now. (Sometimes with the temporal sense weakened; cf. now adv. 5a, 5b.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] noweOE nowtheOE nughuOE todayOE nowthenc1225 orc1275 in presentc1330 in this presentc1330 now by dawec1330 of present1340 presentc1385 nowadays?1387 adaysa1393 nowadaya1393 now on daysa1393 presently?a1425 now of daysc1425 now-o'-daysc1450 at (the) presenta1500 at this presenta1500 nowdaysa1500 currently1579 on the presenta1616 actually1663 nowanights1672 naow1824 at this (or the) present speaking1835 again1837 contemporarily1837 nowdays1850 any more1859 hic et nunc1935 at this moment in time1936 c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) 260 (MED) Iesu..wisse me nuðen hwet me beo to donne ant do me to understonden. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Royal) (1934) 51 (MED) For þi deorewurðe nome ich habbe idrohen nowcin & nome deað nuðen. a1300 Woman of Samaria l. 56 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 85 Þe king þat wurþ and nuþen is and euer yete was. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas now..then.. 2. now and then, †then and then (obsolete), at one time and at another, at various times, at intervals, occasionally (cf. here and there at here adv. 9). now..then.., at one time..at another time. (See also now adv. 7b.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally whiloma900 whilea1000 stoundmealc1000 stundumOE otherwhileOE umquhile1154 with and withc1175 by stoundsa1225 otherwhilesc1225 umbestound?c1225 umbewhilec1230 then and thenc1275 sometime…sometime1297 umstounda1300 by while13.. over while13.. sometime1340 umbe throwea1350 at timesa1382 now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393 umbwhile1393 eftsoona1398 sometimea1400 by sithesc1400 umbestoundsc1400 from time to (formerly unto) time1423 now and (also or) then1445 ever now and nowa1470 when and whenc1470 occasionallya1475 in timesa1500 whiles?a1500 whilomsa1500 sometimes1526 somewhiles1528 at whiles1540 ever now and then1542 a-whiles1546 somewhiles…, somewhiles1547 at sometimes1548 now and thenc1550 ever and anon1558 by occasions1562 on (also upon) occasion1562 as soon…as soon1581 every now and then (also again)1642 by a time1721 once and a while1765 ever and again1788 periodically1825 in spots1851 c1275 [see δ. forms]. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xi. vii. lf. 108 b/2 It [rain]..comeþ doune thanne and thanne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1848 Þai..wende ay þan and þan to droun. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1467 He walde it tell' þan and þan. c1550 R. Bieston Bayte Fortune B iij The ryche peraduenture oppresseth nowe and than. a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 334 If that those at any time, then and then, be deceived. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 26 Now and then in an Age, one miraculously, beyond all hopes, proves learned. 1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) II. 239 She listened to him.., asking him every now and then such questions as should [etc.]. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Than.. loses the aspirate in one phrase only, ‘now and tan’ for ‘now and then’. 1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France II. 245 Restive, now sullen, then in boisterous revolt. extracted from thenadv.conj.adj.n. < adv.c1225 as lemmas
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