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Quhen, Quhan, Quhon, adv.¹ and conj. Also: quhene, quhenne, qhuen, quehen, qwhen(e, quen, qwen(e, qhen, when, vhen, uhen; quhan(n)e, qwhan, qwan, whan(e; quhain, whain; quhone. [North. ME quenne, quen, when (Cursor M.), midl. and south. quen, wenne, qwhen, when, whenne, wen, quan (Gen. & Exodus), whan, wan, wanne, whonne (c 1350), early hwenne, hwen, hwanne, wanne, wan, (Bestiary), whanne (Orm), hwonne, won (c 1250), OE hwanne, hwǫnne, hwenne.]The form quhone is very common in Maitl. F.

A. interrog. When, at what time, on what occasion. In a. direct, and b. indirect, questions.Also quhan that (b (2) below).a. 1540 Lynd. Sat. 2263 (Bann.).
Quhan sall I gett that pardoun, latt me heir? Ib. 2282.
Quhen wilt thow cum my bailis for to beit? c1552 Id. Mon. 5257.
Quhen sall that dreidfull day appeir Quhilk ȝe call iugment generall?b. (1) 1375 Barb. vii 422.
Thai thre men … had vachit … To se quhen thai vengeans mycht tak 14.. Edinb. Univ. MS 27 fol. 288.
Or than sal he thole sodayne deede Unwetand qwen or in qwat stede 14.. Liber. Calchou II 450.
The thryd chapter tells help again this jwil and qwen it may be wel helpit 1456 Hay I 5/20.
The thrid questioun is quhen and how it was first approvit here a1500 Henr. Fab. 115 (Bann.).
Bot quhen or quhair or quhow it was found, As now I sit to hold no argument Ib. 2968. 1560 Rolland Seven S. 10674.
And bad pans weill to quhome the deid was done Be quhome, quhen, quhair a1568 Bann. MS 157b/13.
He will thryve wat ȝe quen? 1588 St. A. Kirk S. 626.(b) 1559–60 Soc. Ant. XI 525.
Nocht specifiand quhan he maid the said requyring 1596 Dalr. I 10/14.
To lat sie quhan danger is, thay kendle bleises in tour heidis(c) 1612 Conv. Burghs II 368.
After lang serching and trying quhain the said sowme micht be gottin(d) a1570-86 Maitl. F. cliii 5.
Think thow art cwmin and wait not quhone to pas(2) 15.. Clar. v 610.
When that the Duike of Miland hes hard taulde Of this wading, and quhan that it sould hauld

B. relative. 1. As compound relative.Also quhen that (at). Also with then (than) as correlative.Also by when = Compared with the time when, as against the time when.

a. Introducing a clause stating an event which occurred or a circumstance which obtained at a specific point in past time at the same time as, or after which, the event occurred or the circumstance obtained that is stated in the main clause: At or after the (past) time that, on the occasion that; as soon as, after.(1) 1375 Barb. i 314.
Quhen he herd … at his landis … War gevyn to the Clyffurd … He wyst nocht quhat to do na say Ib. x 406 (E).
And sone has wp thar ledder set That maid ane clap quhen the cruchet Wes fixit fast in the kyrneill Ib. xix 223.
Quhen thai lang quhill thar dule had maid The cors to Paslay haiff thai haid a1400 Leg. S. Prol. 15.
Quhene thai hafe [MS had] thare thing done … alsone thai suld dresse thare deuocione Ib. xiii Prol. 98.
& a lyone ves he sikerly, Quhene he fra ded rayse mychtly Ib. xxix 834.
Quehen Eustace herd al that scho Sad, he beheld hyr to, & wist wel scho wes his wyf Ib. i 67.
Qwhene Ib. x 169.
Quhene Ib. xi 65.
Qwene 1385 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 7.
Qwhen that wes done I ordaynyt the forsayde Syr Robart to gyf his trowth [etc.] ?1438 Alex. ii 2473.
Qvhen c1420 Wynt. v 945.
Fyrst to lordschype quhen he drewe Hys systyr sonnys all he slwe 1424 Cambuskenneth Let. to Jas. I.
As dyd Sanct Symeon the natiuite of Cryste qwen he in gude hope said ȝarnandly [etc.] 1429 Sc. Hist. Rev. XXXI 146.
Qwen the bailȝe com ham out off Cowale on Martymas ewyn 1456 Hay I 41/13.
And efter this, quhen thai began to grow in grete riches … the tane had envy apon the tothir Ib. 47/5. 1473 Treas. Acc. I 44. a1500 Henr. Fab. 191 (Bann.).
The hairtly cheir, lord God, gife ȝe had sene! Was kyid quhen thir sisteris twa wer met c1475 Wall. i 32, 39. a1500 Colk. Sow i 116. a1500 Quare Jel. 172.
Wode … As Herculese quhen he him seluen brent 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1.
Qvhen 1501–2 Treas. Acc. II 132.
To Lioun herald, quhen he com furth of Ingland 1503 Lanark B. Rec. 13. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) liii 8.
At the last, quhen [M. quhone] I had turnyt oft, For weirines on me ane slummer soft Ib. iii 73. c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 312.
Ȝoung Dauid was far les than I Quhen he with Golias … He faucht Ib. 705.
And quhen the schip was reddie maid, He lay bot ane day in the raid 1560 Rolland Seven S. 73.
Quhen he was seuin ȝeir auld Ib. 6201. 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 154.
When a1578 Pitsc. I 234/20.
Bot at the last quhene the Dutch man and hie was assembelit togither [etc.] Ib. II 65/8.
As quhene Dawid sayith [etc.] 1584 Sempill Sat. P. xlv 413.
His wyfe, conceaving jelowsie, Cryed out his deid when it was done c1590 Fowler I 247/5.
Bot quhen agane quhen I thy name perceaued … Ten thousand thoughts I in my heid concea[ued] 1602 Dundonald Par. Rec. 5. c1616 Hume Orthog. 2.
This, quhen I hard it, soe secunded my hope 1638–9 Peebles Gleanings 244. 1674 Glasgow B. Rec. III 180.
Quhen the blewcoatis wer put out by the toune(b) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 437.
Whane [C. when] ?1438 Alex. i 2239.
Qvhan the king come Ib. ii 3559. c1460 Alex. (Taym.) (ed.) 3329.
In the mornying quhan it was licht of day 1544 Corr. M. Lorraine 91.
Thir men … vald nocht serve me … qwan I mistert tham c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 343. 1567 G. Ball. 153.
And quhan I waxit dry, And for drink lang did cry, My confort was bot small 1570 Leslie 14. a1570-86 Maitl. F. xxiii 34.
Quod Sir Richart Maitland … quhane his landis … was heriet 1582 Declar. Causis 26.
Quhan all uther schiftis that micht mak money had bene … socht c1590 Fowler II 13/4.
With calumnies quhilk quhan thay had perused, thay thocht it expedient that I suld answer thairto Ib. 66/10.
This is prouin be Tertulian quhan he wrytis of the constitutioun of the Kirk Ib. 58/33. 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 91. 1600 Acts IV 205/2.
Quhan he did his courtesie, the king layd his hand vpoun his schulder 1600 Dundee Treas. Acc. MS.
Quhan the king send to the towne anent the bruilȝe of Perthe 1602 Dundee Shipping P. 73.
Neixt quhane we came to Lleisborne he llot me bring the collis aschoir 16.. Hist. Kennedy 51. 1623 Elgin Rec. II 180.
It was not sa with hir quhan scho yeed with a blankat 1651 Blairs P. 146.
Notwithstanding that his father kythed his great freind quhan he was heir in prisone(c) 1680 Cullen Kirk S. 6 Dec.
Comperred John Wiseman being accused that he was present whain married men played at the bullets on the Lords day denyed(d) 1549 Lamb Resonyng 53/5.
That … [the] Kyng of Scotland … sindre tymes had mair opportunitie [etc.] … , as quhon Guid Scalco … declarit that [etc.] Ib. 113/16.
Quhone a1570-86 Maitl. F. cxlviii 50.
Quod Dumbar quhone he list to feyne a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. cxii 20.
Than weill I thocht Quhone I for sibnes to him socht It wes the wrang way that I ȝeid(2) 1375 Barb. ii 321.
The king displayit his baner Quhen that his folk assemblyt wer Ib. xiii 443 (C).
Qwhen at [E. Quhen that] c1420 Wynt. iii 283.
And the Phylisteis quhen that He was tane full wyttyng gat c1475 Wall. iv 258.
Wemen and barnys, quhen at the men war deide, He gert be tayn a1500 Seven S. 1812.
Than the gret heres … Quhen at the myrrour was sa put dovne Thai maid gret mayne Ib. 1990.
Neuertheles in the myddis of the fest Quhen at thai trowit all-thar-lest Balan at his awne ȝet couth call Ib. 507. a1500 Quare Jel. 115. 15.. Clar. ii 1751.
When that the dance was ceisit, then the king Clariodus besoght that he wald sing(b) (c 1580) Alex. i 435.
Qvhan that the duke sawe his trauaill … micht nocht availl … he was wonder wa (c 1550) Fifteen Ois 19.
Haue mynd of all thi bitternes … That thou had … Quhan that the last supper wes maid(3) 1682 Cloud of Witnesses (1871) 263.
Where are ye now, by when ye swore the Covenant

b. Introducing a clause which states a more or less probably anticipated event or circumstance: At or after the (future) time that, when in due course, when eventually.(a) 1375 Barb. v 321 (E).
And quhen the men off his countre … His ensenȝe mycht her hym cry Then suld thai [etc.] a1400 Leg. S. xxxvi 1020.
He had schorne his hals in twa To schaf that quhen he suld ga Ib. xxvii 1347. 14.. Acts I 39/2.
Quhen that lande is wele byggit and anournyt 1456 Hay I 171/32.
To be the mare cruelly punyst in hell quhen thai pas hyne 1458 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. II 329.
That thai sall haue thair lairis quhen thai disces free c1475 Wall. v 460.
Quhen yhe se tyme send priwale me to a1500 Seven S. 1372.
Quhen he cummis hame it may him warme c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) lxiii 77.
Than quho sall wirk for warldis wrak, Quhen [M. Quhone] flude and fyre sall our it frak 1513 Doug. ii Prol. 280.
And bot my buke be fundyn worth sik thre Quhen it is red, do warp it in the see Ib. x xiii 116.
That he may, when [Ruddim. quhen] the son schynys agane, Exers hys iourne 1531–2 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 54.
Quhilk he vald shaw to my l. self quhen tym war 1540 Lynd. Sat. 4033.
It will hurt bettir … Richt now quhen ȝe hing on a knag 1560 Rolland Seven S. 425.
I sall that weill deuise Into his bed on sleiping quhen he lyis Ib. 127. 1600 Facs. Nat. MSS III lxxvi.
Qhen ye haw red send this my letter bak agane 1646 Row xxxi.
I desyrit our people to convein quhen the bellis suld be rung — c1475 Wall. ix 109.
He wyll yow hayll quhen that he cummys yow ner 1513 Doug. iv iii 56. 1567 G. Ball. 161.
Mak na delay, cum by and by, Quhen that I do thé call 1572 Knox in Bann. Memor. 370.
Quhenne that c1590 Fowler I 30/101.
When that Ib. 279/133.
Quhen that(b) 1506–7 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 111.
That they … pas … to the abbay … quhane God sall provyde the quene to be deliuerit 1536 Glasgow Prot. IV 88.
Protestand for rameyd quhan tyme and place occuris 1567 Sat. P. iii 223.
Thou be red, In Inglis toung quhan will gif place and tyme c 1592 Annandale Corr. 27.
Quhane I sall cwme … for sic speciall turnis I haif ado 1646 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 69.
The samen to be payit whan the toun is hable to pay — a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xxiii 3.
Thow salbe blythe quhane that thay salbe hangit(c) 1549 Lamb Resonyng 35/13.
Thair actis and proclamatiounis … will speik quhone we be gane Ib. 51/24.
Quhon He thinkis tym — c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) lxiii 63 (M).
Quhone the angell blawis his bugill sture a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xcvii 97.
Quhone he is of age to regnne a1570-86 Balnaves Maitl. F. cxxix 3. a1570-86 Merser Maitl. F. clxiii 11, 19. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) xii 44 (M).
Quhone that my toung sall faill me to speik(d) 1649 Wemyss Chart. 231.
This is my uill, quhaitt sall bei doune uith my bodei clothes quhain itt sall bei Heis blist uill to kaill mei

c. Introducing a clause which describes a state of affairs obtaining over a period of present or past time during which the event occurs or occurred or the circumstance obtains or obtained that is stated in the main clause: During the time that; on an occasion in the course of the time that, in the course of a period of time during which; while.(a) 1375 Barb. x 551.
Quhen I wes ȝoung this hendir day My fader wes kepar of ȝon hous Ib. xv 315 (C).
Qwhen [E. quhill] the king, on this maner, Dantit the Iles, as I tell her, The gud schir Iames of Dowglas In-till the forest duelland was a1400 Leg. S. xl 942.
This wes done but lessinge Quhen Sir Davi Bruys ves king ?1438 Alex. i 2.
Vhen Ib. 1253. a1500 Seven S. 98.
Quhen he was slepand thai stall in a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 265. 1531 Vaus (1531) 1.
Cum amer, qwhen I am lwfit a1570-86 Maitl. F. clxxviii 128.
And quhene thai gange as thai nocht knew Thay luift thair goune abone thair schan[k] c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 49.
I wait Sir Lancelote du Lake, Quhen he did lufe King Arthuris wyfe, Faucht neuer better 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 221.
And quhen he was in place of rule, executed it with much cruelty — a1400 Leg. S. xxv 1.
Qwene that ȝunge mane I was, I trawalyt oft in sere place(b) 14.. Liber Calchou II 451.
For qwhan a man is in this seknes he suld be dyatyd mesurably a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xxiii 48.
This spulȝe was committit … quhane nane of that cuntra lippint for sic thing a1578 Pitsc. I 4/15.
Thingis consawit quhan I was hynde 1581 Sempill Sat. P. xliii 154.
Sone efter that the counsell cround ȝoursell, Quhan godly Murray as a regent rang(c) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) xl 10 (M).
Bot Lord! how petewouslie I luke Quhone all the pelfe thai pairt amang thame Ib. lxix 2 (M).
In to thir dirk and drublie dayis Quhone sabill all the hevin arrayis Ib. (S.T.S.) lvi colophon. 1570 Leslie 130.
Quhon he wes sayand his devyne service

d. Introducing a clause which states an event or circumstance of more or less habitual or frequent occurrence: On the occasion or occasions on which, every time that, when from time to time.Not always clearly distinguished from b and 3.Also ay quhen, id.(1) 1375 Barb. i 250.
Than mays clerkis questioun Quhen thai fall in disputacioun 1393 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 26.
With the apertenance qwen ony hapnys 1405 Ib. No. 58.
I am the mare heely argnyt qwen ony sic attemptatis hapnys 1420 Liber Calchou 447.
Qwylk is a restyng plas to the abbotis wannis qwen thai com fra Berewyk c1420 Wynt. v 2312.
Apon his hors quhen he wald leipe a1500 Henr. (S.T.S.) III 141/33.
O thow wyse lord, quhen cumis a flatterrer [etc.] … Thow sowld the pairteis call incontinent a1500 K. Hart 124.
Ane legioun liell war at hir leding, Quhen hir court leist semble, fair and clein a1500 Seven S. 2126.
Quhen he passit furth he mycht nocht se a1500 Quare Jel. 445.
As quhen thir lufaris remembreth … Sum of thair wo and sum [etc.] 1490 Irland Mir. II 7/9.
For quhen the sone discendis the licht and day vanysis Id. Asl. MS 49/15.
Quhen the persone passis to pray … the angell novmeris the gait and passage that he makis 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 116. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) xxxviii 10.
We mon all de, quhen we haif done 1513 Doug. i vii 28. 1529–30 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 104.
And Sir Niniane Brydin quhen he may pas 1531 Bell. Boece I xxxvi.
Blak stanis, quhilk hes sa intollerable heit, quhen thay ar kendillit 1540 Lynd. Sat. 449. 1549 Breadalbane Coll. GD 112/1/2 no. 68.
& to … ryd and gang in heland and lawland with the said Jhone Campbell qhuen he beis raqueryt 1552 Reg. Cupar A. II 107.
And salbe reddy at all tymes quhene we cherge thame 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 151. a1568 Scott xxvii 31. a1578 Pitsc. I 338/13.
It is the wse of our hielandmen … to burne thair ludging quhene they depairt c1590 Fowler I 154/2. 1668 Lauderdale P. II 103.
The[y] pretend only to doe it in the time of diwine worshipe uhen ther is non in the paroshe — c1420 Wynt. v 3110 (C).
The comet … ay betakynnys pestilence Qwhen that it makis apperence 14.. Edinb. Univ. MS La. ii 318.
That ony man … With his wif dele quhen that sche wate That sche is propirly in sic state c1450-2 Howlat 735 (A). a1500 Bernardus 159. c1475 Wall. v 6.
Hewy thai think quhen at the nycht is lang(b) a1500 Henr. Thre Deid Pollis 7 (Bann.).
Quhan thow lukis on this swth examplair … thow may be richt vnbald c1590 J. Stewart 14/66.
Lyk … boustius bombards, quhan thay keinlie crak c1600 Montg. Suppl. xii 7.
Quhan I think on ȝour bewteis brycht, My spreit is pacefiit from panis 1623 Aberd. B. Rec. II 388.
They sall giwe wnto thame thair trew and upricht counsall whan the same salbe askit 1661 Aberd. Council Lett. IV 129.
Quhan I consider the great losse we have susteined 1662 Crim. Trials III 613.
Whan he vold be angrie at ws, he wold girne at ws lyk a dowge — c1409-1436 Kingis Q. 147.
To cause his awin fortune, how or quhan That him best lest(c) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) lxix 46 (M).
Ȝit quhone the nycht begynnis to schort It dois my spreit sum pairt confort Ib. xlii 13. a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xxxi 16.
Men sould tak vayage at the larkis sang And nocht at evin quhone passit is the day Id. Ib. xcvii 10. Id. Ib. cix 46.(2) a1500 K. Hart 897.
To fayr Dame Plesance ay quhen sche list ryde My prowde palfray Vnsteidfastnes I leif c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 286.
Ay quhen the ald did me anger with akword wordis, Apon the galland for to goif it gladit me agane

e. Introducing a noun clause as obj. or compl. of a verb: = that time or occasion on which; that. a1568 Wedderburn Bann. MS 288a/53.
Ane [vice] was quhan men of riches … Vsit to lie lesingis detestable 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Haimsvken.
Hame-sucken … is quhen onie person violently … enters within an mans hous, or seiks him at the same or assailȝies his hous 1600-1610 Melvill 15.
I haiff divers tymes hard, when my father-breither Roger, Jhone, Mr. James and Robert, could nocht satisfie tham selves in commending hir godlines [etc.] 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii 134.

2. As compound relative, with weakening or loss of temporal sense, introducing a clause which states an event or circumstance in the light of which the statement of the main clause is to be considered. a. Considering that, inasmuch as. c1520-c1535 Nisbet I Prol. 3.
God made first a notabill [prom]is quhan he said [etc.] Ib. III Prol. Rom. 346/3.
And quhan I say Christ justifyis ws, vndirstande thairby that Christ only had redemyt us 1596 Dalr. I 76/18.
The affectione that ilk [tribe] had to his awne kynde quhen the ane kynd walde haue the king to be chosen of his generatione, the vthir of his

b. With illative or causative force: In view of the fact that, it being the case that, seeing that, since.(1) 1375 Barb. ii 60.
And quhen thai hard nane mak ansuar, Thai brak the dur Ib. vii 260.
And quhar ar gane Ȝour men quhen ȝe ar thus allane (c 1580) Alex. i 848.
I sie ȝe hait me vterly, Quhan ȝe will not lat me byde ȝow by Ib. ii 8593.
In euill tyme was thow borne Quhen throw thé sa fele liffis beis lorne c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) xxxvii 64.
Quhen [M. quhone] of the tod wes hard no peip, The wowf went all had bene on sleip 1513 Doug. iv vii 30.
Quhen now Appollo with hys sossery And quhilis, he says, the kavillys of Lycia [etc.] 1533 Bell. Livy II 230/16.
We suld nocht leif oure ciete now quhen it hes sa mony ruynous housis 1535 Stewart 594.
Quhen tha saw land than war [tha] all full blyth 1596 Dalr. II 125/6.
Quhen now this Abb saw him selfe hated be al man, … to obteyne the kings fauour … he spredis a rumour [etc.](2) c1460 Alex. (Taym.) (ed.) 1492.
Quhan that nocht ane will till ane vther obey 15.. Clar. v 2078.
Quhan that nature maid impediment, And them denyit had the light of day, Thay most neids twine a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xxii 18.
Sum tyme the preistis thocht that thai did weill quhone that thai … mes and mateynis said of thair fassoun

c. With concessive or adversative force: Even though, while on the contrary, whereas, albeit. a1500 Seven S. 1966.
My deire bird, quhat alis thé That syngis nocht quhen thow seis me? 1531 Bell. Boece II 260.
Howbeit sindry otheris hes assailyeit sic thingis afore with maist terribil jeopardyis, quhen thay had not sic sickernes to succeid a1570-86 Balnaves Maitl. F. cxxix 79.
Fra tyme thow … maks a stop, quhone thai sould hop 1570 Leslie 122.
The Lord Chamberlane … quha wald not releise the kingis army quhone he mycht a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 178.
To lait the stabill dure I steik, Quhen all the steids are stolne c1590 Fowler II 29/12.
Sa far that he did say in him numina quinque latent, quhen rather decem furiæ 1596 Dalr. I 1/1.
Quhen mony rasouns persuadit me schortlie to twoche al the lyues of the kings [etc.] … the cause that mouet me cheiflie was this 16.. Hist. Kennedy 16.
I maid ȝow the manne that ȝe ar, quhanne ȝe nather docht nor durst heff done for ȝour selff 1631 Red Bk. Menteith II 137.
If now quhen my plicht anchor is present, my sillie bark be schaken with stormes

3. As compound relative, with conditional force: In the hypothetical circumstances or situation that, if it is (was) the case that, if it should happen (happened) that, if.Most commonly with pres. tense verb.(a) ?1438 Alex. ii 2785, 2790.
Quhen lord of hart is large and fre … Than is ane worth vther tua Quhen lord has nede agane his fa Ib. 3087.
Ȝit quhen he had serued hir lelely … Me think than had he sped richt wele Ib. 153. c1420 Ratis R. 685.
Quhen men lypnis in tham [sc. riches] maist Thai fall & failȝeis and has na lest c1420 Wynt. i 1122.
Off hym all Affryk has the name, That thryde part off the erde sulde be Quhen all the lawe is delt in thre 14.. Burgh Laws c. 11 (A).
Bot quhen he is passit fra his fader he sall nocht ioys that fredome 14.. Acts I 312/2.
Qwhen the bol of qwhete is salde for x penijs the past of the halfpeny wastel … sal wey [etc.] 1456 Hay I 60/12.
For quhen thai ar clene, than ar thai hardy as lyoune Ib. 211/1, II 109/12. a1500 Rauf C. 55. a1500 Henr. Abbay Walk (O.U.P.) 14.
Thy gold and all thi gudis gay, Quhen [M. Quhone] fortoun list, will fra thé fall 1490 Irland Mir. I 5/6.
The realme and pepill are gouernit in gret wertu and felicite, quhen the kingis, princis, and gouernouris are reulit be wisdome c1500-c1512 Dunb. (S.T.S.) xiv 38.
Bot littill effect of speir or battar ax Quhen curage lakkis the cors that sowld mak kene 1532 M. Works Acc. MS II 74.
[In] the heycht of the dais quhen the hors mycht nocht laubour for hete 1567–8 Q. Mary Facs. Nat. MSS III lvii.
Quen y woust thes birar fand you hom self y vuald vreit farder 1570 Sat. P. xix 84.
Ȝour fais will lauch quhen they se ȝow deuyde a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xxi 61, 63.
Quhen ane of thame sustenis wrang We cry for iustice heid and hang Bot quhen our nychtbour we ourgang We laubour iustice to delay 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 13.
To aduerteis him quhen he keipit nocht all his kewis c1590 Fowler II 118/14. c1616 Hume Orthog. 17.
That quhen a word fales to be divyded at the end of a lyne, that the partition must be made at the end of a syllab — 1375 Barb. ix 69 (E).
For quhen that he Off sic will [is] … That he dar [etc.] … His folk sall tak ensample ay 1388 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 12.
And qwhen that hir likys to remofe 14.. Burgh Laws c. 94 (A).
He may quyt it out quhene that he will 1535 Stewart 13221.
Quhen that thai se … thair king Misgyde him self in ony kynd of thing(b) 1526 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 82.
And quhan he hes na work to pas quhair it may be gottin 1561 Reg. Privy C. I 173.
Resetting of gudis can nocht gif actioun quhane the awaytaking thairof is nocht fund criminous of befoir 1565 Lochwinnoch Par. 132.
With thair nureis and barnis, quhan thay haiff oney(c) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (S.T.S.) lxxxiv 8 (M).
Quhone the biche is iolie and on rage Scho chesis not the grewhund a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xcvii 64.
England is glaid quhone it is tald Of Scottis the diuisioun Id. Ib. cx 51.
Ryche comownis ar rycht proffitable Quhone thai to serue thair lord are hable Id. Ib. xxxi 2. a1570-86 Balnaves Maitl. F. cxxix 75.
Quhone on that beist, at thi requeist The kennettis will not caw c1530-40 Stewart Maitl. F. clv 19.

4. As simple relative in restrictive and non-restrictive use: At which time, on which occasion.(a) restr. 1375 Barb. iii 395.
And certane tyme till him he sete Quhen he suld meite him at the se a1400 Leg. S. vii 852.
Helpe me that tyd, Quhene I ma nocht myn synnis hyd Ib. xxxviii 113, 115.
For the tyme cumis quhene nane Sal gyfte … be tane & quhene nane sal vthir relefe a1500 Henr. Fab. (O.U.P.) 176.
Ane tyme quhen scho wes full … Scho tuke in mynd hir sister vpon land 1602 Dundonald Par. Rec. 18.
Ane of the dayis quhen the communioun wes last ministered — 1375 Barb. xx 61.
And the day Thai haff set quhen that this [marriage] suld be a1400 Leg. S. xxxvi 223.
That tyme of the ȝere borne wes he Quhene that the dais takis linthyngenon-restr. ?1438 Alex. ii 1.
In mery May, quhen medis springis 14.. Burgh Laws c. 65 (B).
Bot wyth in fayris qwhen ilk man has cavil 1490 Irland Mir. I 6/5.
In his gret furore and punicioune in the tyme of Noy, quhen be wattir all mankind war neire consumyt a1500 Seven S. 1524.
The daye come of the maniory Quhen set was all the senȝeory Ib. 1659.
It stude quhill Cristis natiuite Quhen God was of a madin born a1500 Quare Jel. 105.
Vpoun the lusty colourit rose in June Quhen thai ar fairest 1562-3 Winȝet I 2/22.
The feist of Witsonday, haistelie maide one Pasche Twisday, Anno 1562, quhen thair apperit ane daingerous seditioun in Edinburgh a1568 Scott v 16.(b) (1) a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xxiii 14, 16.
The tyme may be at hand Quhane Blythe salbe ȝit with Godis grace Als weill plenneist as ewer thay it fand Quhane sum sall rew the rining of that race 1588 King Cat. 10.
The laste day of iudgment quhane in his humane natur he sal cum doune agane c1590 J. Stewart 76/109.
In tym quhan Cupid thus delascht his dart 1593 Bk. Univ. Kirk III 795.(2) 1567 G. Ball. 200.
On the day that quhan We sal be jugeit be our gude man(c) 1501 Acta Conc. III 37.
[On that day] quhain ane gretir nowmer of the lordis may be [present]

b. Without explicitly stated antecedent, as a non-restrictive (descriptive or resumptive) relative: At which time; and at that time, and then, and thereupon. 1375 Barb. vii 190.
The kyng slepit bot litill than, Quhen sic a slepe fell on his man That [etc.] Ib. xii 120.
And cum we now to the fechting Quhen thai ar at discumfiting Men suld say we thaim fruschit had Ib. vii 269. c1400 Troy-bk. i 28.
As eftre the fyrst distructioune Quhen Pryame biggyt agane the toune a1500 Henr. Fab. (O.U.P.) 326.
And scantlie had thay drunkin anis or twyse Quhen in come Gib Hunter our iolie cat a1500 Seven S. 1807.
Thai war nocht gane Twa legis bot scantly ane Quhen myrrour ymage towre & all In to the fyre tuke sic ane fall Ib. 1931. 1513 Doug. ii x 200, xii xiv 130. c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 78.
He was bot twentie ȝeiris of age, Quhen he began his uassalage a1578 Pitsc. I 13 h. of ch.
Heir beginnis the first chapter quhan James the secund was crounit at Scone be awyce of the heill nobillitie: and quhen Schir Allexander Lewingstoun … was chossin gouernour c1590 Fowler I 53/162.
Gif he can reade, than lift his eyes vnto my forrett now, Whan he sall sie all these effectis fair writtin on my brow