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Old English · adverb

þa

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/θɑː/
Syllables
θɑː (1 syllable)

þa1 · adverb

Senses

  1. then

    981 C.E. AS Chronicles

    Then in this year first came 7 ships, and ravaged Southampton...

þa2 · article · inflected form

Senses

  1. inflection of se:; accusative feminine singular

  2. inflection of se:; nominative/accusative plural

  3. Inflected form of se

þa3 · conjunction

Senses

  1. when, since, because, where

    early 11th century C.E. Ælfwine’s Prayerbook

    she was 14 years old when she gave birth to Christ

þa4 · determiner · inflected form

Senses

  1. inflection of sē:; accusative feminine singular

  2. inflection of sē:; nominative/accusative plural

  3. Inflected form of sē

þa5 · pronoun · inflected form

Senses

  1. inflection of sē:; accusative feminine singular

  2. inflection of sē:; nominative/accusative plural

  3. Inflected form of sē

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þō.

From Proto-Germanic *þai, which shares the same root as Old English þæt.

Descendants

tho, those

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