# von dannen

von dannen is a German expression meaning “away from there; thence (literally, “from thence”)”.

## Meanings

1. _archaic · literary_ away from there; thence (literally, “from thence”)
   - In die Brust des armen Sängers / Stieß er diesen Todesspeer, / Und er jagte rasch von dannen, / Wie ein Schattenbild beflügelt. — Into the Breast of the poor Singer / thrust he this Deathspear, / and he flew swiftly away from thence, / like a shadow bewinged.
2. _archaic · literary_ away ( from there ), thence
   - „Ihn vollends aufrichtend, führten und trugen sie ihn von dannen.“

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