Quhen that the lord of Lorne saw His men stand off him ane sik awe.
And qhuilis a nape, to mak mowis as a fule, Bot as a sow, quhen he fallis in a pule.
I say na mair, quhen all thar rerd is rong, That wight mon speke that can nocht hald hys tong.
I haue alsso a schort comment compyld To expon strange historeis and termys wild; And gif ocht lakis mar, quhen that is doyn, At ȝour desyre it salbe writtyn soyn.
Helenus the dyvyne, as we with hym gan luge, 20 Quhen horribill thingis seir he dyd aduert, Schew not befor to me thir harmys smert, Nor ȝit the fellon and akwart Celeno.
Bot thare is mony that will hecht and say thai sall do wele, and quhen thai mount in gouernaunce thai do all othir wayis.
And quhen he came to broken brigue, He bent his bow and swam; And quhen he came to grass growing, Set down his feet and ran.
And ze maun rin my errand, Willie; And ze may rin wi' pride; Quhen other boys gae on their foot On horse-back ze sail ride.
But quhen the ladye see the fire Cum flaming owre hir head, She wept and kist her children twain, Sayd, Bairns, we been but dead.
Fergus Erc son fra hym syne Down discendand ewyn be lyne In to the fyve and fyfty gre, As ewyne recknand men may se, Broucht this Stane wytht-in Scotland, Fyrst quhen he come and wane that land.
It is allegit that the Thane of Glammis set thir tua stanis quhen that cuntrey wes all ane greit forrest.
Illustration] It fell about the Martinmas, Quhen the wind blew shril and cauld, Said Edom o' Gordon to his men, We maun draw till a hauld.
But quhen the ladye see the fire Cum flaming owre hir head, She wept and kist her children twain, 115 Sayd, Bairns, we been but dead.
The bag-pipe blew, and they out-threw Out of the townis untald, Lord, what a shout was them amang Quhen thai were ower the wald Their west Of Peblis to the play!
Quhen all wes done, Dik with ane aix Come furth to fell a fidder[1019].
Quhen gentill James trowit best with Jhone to meit, His speir did fald among his horsis feit: I am richt sure gude James had bene undone, War nocht that Jhone his marke tuke be the mone.
The vailyeant Ajax wan not for his manhede Quhen wise Ulysses bure away the glore.
Be that the daunsing wes all done, Thair leif tuik les and mair; Quhen the winklottis and the wawarris twynit[873] To se it was hart sair.
Of thyne aduersitie Wyt[1321] thy-self and no mo, For quhen that thow wes fre Thow wald nocht hald thé so.
Quhen this denyit was utraly, The King wes rycht wa and angry; Bot his yarnyng nevyrtheles Denyit off al his liegis wes.
The account given of the affair by Wyntoun[87] is notable as the first report of a debate in the Parliament of Scotland: "That ilke yere quhen that wes don, A Parliament gart he hald at Scone.
Quhen eird bidd{is} eird his rentis hame to bring, Than sall eird haue to eird herd depairting.
Quhen eird vpoun eird hes biggit all his towris, Than sall eird vpoun eird suffer grit showris.
Upone the morne, quhen day was light, They rose and maid them boune Intill ane castell that stood on hight, They call it Auchindoune.
The nixtin shot thair foes hurt, It lighted wounderous weill: Quoth Androw Gray, "I sie ane sport, Quhen they began to reill.
Gude Sir Allexander Irving, The much renownit laird of Drum, Nane in his days was bettir sene, Quhenthey war semblit all and sum.
The malesoun that lichtit on cursit Cayein, quhen he slew his bruther just Abell saiklessly, mot licht on thaim for the saikles slauchter that thai commit dailie.
Fy on fortoun, fy on thi frewall quheyll; Fy on thi traist, for her it has no lest; 90 Thow transfigowryt Wallace out off his weill, Quhen he traistyt for till haiff lestyt best.
Quhen Wallace saw Schyr Jhon Ramsay the knycht, 750 And othir gud at had bene fra him lang, Gret curag than was rasyt thaim amang.
As king Eduuart throuch Cultir hoppis socht, Quhen he persawit the Scottis folowed nocht, In Jhonnys greyne he gert the ost ly still; 645 Feill fleand folk assemblit sone him till.
Quhen thai had demyt be mony diuerss skill, In his awne mynd he abhorryt with this thing.
In September, the humyll moneth suette, Quhen passyt by the hycht was off the hette, Wictaill and froyte ar rypyt in aboundance, Fol.
Quhen Wallace saw that thai war ma than he, 580 Than did he nocht but salust curtaslé.
He wyll yow hayll, quhen that he cummys yow ner; “With out tary than mon yhe stryk on ster.
Quhen Wallace hard the sekyr trew record, 110 Dunbar he tuk all haill at his bandown; Gaiff it to kepe to Crystell off Cetoun, Quhilk stuffit it weill with men and gud wictall.
Quhen gud makaris rang weill in to Scotland, 1455 Gret harm was it that nane off thaim ye fand.
His male es of ane fundying Begouth, for throu his cald lying, Quhen in his gret mischef was he, Him fell that hard perplexite.
This malice off enfundeying Begouth; for, through his cald lying, Quhen in his gret myscheiff wes he, Him fell that hard perplexite.
And quhen thai into sic degr'e 40 Had maid thame for thair assaling, On the Rude-evyn in the dawing, The Inglis host blew till assale.
Not sa fersly the fomy river or flude Brekkis over the bankis on spait quhen it is wode.
Heireefter followis the quair Maid be King James of Scotland ye first, callit ye Kingis quair, and Maid quhenhis Ma.
I pray zow, advertise me of zour newis at lenth, and quhat I sall do in cace ze be returnit quhen I am cum thair; for, in cace ze wirk not wysely, I se that the haill burding of this will fall upon my schoulderis.
I am in feir quhen I heir him speik; for he assuris himself yat he hes not an evill opinioun of him.
Excuse that thing that is scriblit,[435] for I had na paper zisterday quhen I wrait that of ye memoriall.
All the freindis of the uther convoyis mequhen I gang to se him.
He answerit, that he was reddy quhen I pleisit, sa I wald assure him of his requeist.
Advertise me gif ze will have it, and gif ze will have mair silver, and quhen I sall returne, and how far I may speik.
He is angrie quhen I speik of Walcar, and sayis, that he sal pluk the eiris out of his heid and that he leis.
Thow affermis that the quene is verray plesand, and wilbe auld and young quhen scho pleissis; scho mackis any kyng quhom scho pleisis, and lyis with any scho lykis'.
Donald McIlmichall was tried 'for that horrid cryme of corresponding with the devill'; the whole evidence being that he entered a fairy hill where he met many men and women 'and he playd on trumps to them quhen they danced'.
NcWilliam was asked] if she lifted up her curcheffe quhen Jonet Morisone desyred her to goe see Alester McNivan, saying "god let him never ryse till I goe see him.
Quhen the gentilwemen come in, the dog come out of the wall, and apperit to thame; quhairatt thay wer effrayit.
Now wes the king cumin to the fute of the crag, and all his nobilis severit, heir and thair, fra him, at thair game and solace; quhen suddenlie apperit to his sicht the fairist hart that evir wes sene afore with levand creature.
Wallace in stour wes cruelly fechtand; Fra a Sotheroune he smat off the rycht hand: And quhen that carle off fechtyng mycht no mar, With the left hand in ire held a buklar.
In strait placis gar keip all stoire, And byrnen the planen land thaim before: Thanen sall thai pass away in haist, Quhen that they find nathing bot waist.
Robene thou has hard soung and say, In gesties and stories auld-- The man that will not quhen he may, Sall haif nocht quhen he wald.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quhen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
