And there he duelte for a while, Til afterward into that yle, Fro whenne he cam, ayein he torneth, Where al his lyf that he sojorneth Among the Greks, til that he deide.
He cam and dede hire reverence, And sche him axeth in cilence For whenne he cam and what he wolde.
And therupon hire herte drowh 1580 To leven Engelond for evere And go wher that sche hadde levere, To Rome, whenne that sche cam: And thus of al the lond sche nam Hir leve, and goth to Rome ayein.
Now hast thou, Sone, at my techinge Of Jelousie a knowlechinge, That thou myht understonde this, Fro whenne he comth and what he is, And ek to whom that he is lik.
And sche dede as hire fader bad, And goth to him the softe pas And axeth whenne and what he was, And preith he scholde his thoghtes leve.
For understond that every vice Som cause hath, wherof it groweth, Bot of Envie noman knoweth Fro whenne he cam bot out of helle.
Tho wiste he wel it faileth noght, And badd him that he telle scholde Fro whenne he cam and what he wolde.
Soe whenne her good man waxed him wood She mervailed much to here The hejeous sound of othes full round The which her lord did swere.
Whenne ynne adversitye; Lyke mee, untoe the true cause stycke, And for the true cause dye.
Whenne nyght come the kniáľšte enterid into the bed of the mayde, and anoon he was aslepe, and she dude of hir harnes, and come and laye downe by him.
Whenne erthe a-pon erthe hathe bylde vppe hys bourys, Thenne shalle erthe for the erthe suffer sharpe schowrys.
Whenne erthe byddys erthe hys rentys home brynge, Thenne shalle erthe of the erthe haue a pytyus partynge.
And whenne they were in the shippe and hadde far passed from the lande, there rose up a great horrible tempest, and drowned all that were in the ship, except the maid.
Whenne the earl heard this he marveled greatly, and opened the whale and took oute the damsell.
Theye were yclosyd yn slepe, save that two slauntynge raies shotte to her mouthe, and were theyre bathyd yn sweetenesse, as whenne by chaunce y^e moone fyndeth a banke of violettes and droppethe thereonne y^e silverie dewe.
Here is the text:-- Whenne Alexandre the Conqueroure was wayfayringe in y^e londe of Inde, there mette hym a damoselle of marveillouse beautie slepynge uponne the herbys and flourys.
Eyn hee hadde lyke to a hawke, Soothe I saye, so sharpe was hee That hee e'en mought see you talke Whenne you talkynge did not bee.
Swart was hys dresse as the blacke, blacke nyghte Whenne the moon dothe not lyghte uppe the waye, And hys voice was hoarse as the gruffe Northe winde Whenne he swirleth the snowe awaye.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whenne" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
