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Old English · adverb

þeah

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

þeah1 · adverb

Senses

  1. for all that, however, even so, yet

    byþ frōfur fīra ġehwylċum. Sċeal ðēah manna ġehwylċ miclun hyt dǣlan ġif hē wile for drihtne dōmes hlēotan.

    Wealth is a comfort for each of the men. Yet each of the men must share it greatly if he'd wish to get glory for the Lord.

    c. 1000, The Rune Poem:

þeah2 · conjunction

Senses

  1. though, notwithstanding that

  2. though, even if

    Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ

    A loner oft waits a grace for himself, Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful

    Oft him ānhaga · āre ġebīdeð,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh, corresponding to Proto-Germanic *þau (“in that case”) + *-uh (“and”) (cognate with Latin -que).

Descendants

though

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