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{{also|Yonne}}
==Old English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ang|þanne|þænne|ðonne}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*þannē}}, extension of {{m|gmw-pro|*þan}}, from {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*þan||then}}, from {{der|ang|ine-pro|*só}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|þonne}}

===Adverb===
{{ang-adv}}

# [[then]], at that time
# [[then]], soon afterward
# [[then]], in that case
#* '''late 9th century''', [[w:Alfred the Great|King Alfred's]] [https://archive.org/details/oldenglishversio00alfruoft/page/16/mode/2up?ref=ol translation] of [[w:Augustine of Hippo|Saint Augustine's]] ''[[w:Soliloquies of Augustine|Soliloquies]]''
#*: {{quote|ang|Wōst þū '''þonne''' gyt genōh be Gode, gyf hē þē byð cūð swā þē is nū þes mōnan færeld — on hwilcum tungle hē nū is, oððe on hwilce hē þanon gēð?|'''Then''' wouldst thou know enough about God, if He should be as well known to thee as the motion of the moon—in what constellation it now is, or into which it is going next?}}

====Usage notes====
* In the sense of "at that time", ''þonne'' is generally not used for past-tense statements; {{m|ang|þā}} is used instead.
* When used as an adverb, ''þonne'' is frequently used as the first element of the clause, with the finite verb immediately following it as the second, although exceptions exist.

===Conjunction===
{{head|ang|conjunction}}

# [[than]]
# {{lb|ang|relative}} [[when]]
#* {{quote-book|ang|text='''''Þonne''' iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.''|t='''When''' I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.|title=Exeter Book Riddle 30|year=10th century|url=https://www.oldenglishaerobics.net/riddles.html#w0000245}}

====Usage notes====
* Does not mean "when" in the interrogative sense. For questions, {{m|ang|hwonne}} is used instead.
* In the sense of "when", ''þonne'' is generally not used for past-tense statements; {{m|ang|þā}} is used instead.
* When used as a conjunction, the verb in the following clause typically does not occur immediately after ''þonne'' (often being found at the end of the clause), unlike when it is used as an adverb.

====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|then|alt=then(ne)|than|alt2=than(ne)}}
** {{desc|en|then|than}}
** {{desc|sco|than|then|an}}
*** {{desc|sco|thance|der=1}}