adv. Obs. [f. WHERE 15 + INE, INNE. In later instances perh. only a variant spelling of wherein.]
1. interrog. = prec. 1.
1382. Wyclif, Matt. v. 13. Ȝif the salt shal vanyshe awey, wherynne shal it be saltid?
a. 1425. Cursor M., 7208 (Trin.). Til she þe soþe made him say Wher ynne al his strengþe lay.
2. rel. = prec. 2, 3, 4.
c. 1275. Lay., 26336. Ear hii come ride anon to þe tealdes dore war ine was þe caisere.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 5026. An chirche of sein Martin … War inne me ssolde godes seruise do.
1340. Ayenb., 23 Þis zenne is þe dyeules panne of helle, huerinne he makeþ his friinges. Ibid., 109. Þe þridde bene huerinne we byddeþ oure uader of heuene þet his wyl by ydo. Ibid., 178. Uor þe zennes uenials huerine me ualþ ofte.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), III. 475. Þou hast not wereynne to doo suche a ȝifte, for þyn soule is ful of covetise.
c. 1400. Rule St. Benet (Prose), 38. Þis es þe rihte gate whareinne þu salle life.
