þenden

Part of speech: adverb
IPA: /ˈθen.den/
Syllables: ˈθen · den (2 syllables)

þenden1 · adverb

Senses

then

þenden2 · conjunction

Senses

meanwhile, while
Þēah þe græf wille golde strēġan brōþor his ġeborenum, byrġan be dēadum, māþmum mislīċum þæt hine mid wille, ne mæġ þǣre sāwle þe biþ synna ful gold tō ġēoce for godes eġsan, þonne hē hit ǣr hȳdeð þenden hē hēr leofað.
Even if a brother would like to strew gold on grave for his kinsmen, to bury next to the dead with manifold riches that he would like to have with him, gold cannot be a help for this soul, who is full of sins, before the dread of God, after he first hides it while he lives here.
10th century, The Seafarer:
as long as, until

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þandê, from *þana (“at that, at that time, then”), *þan. Cognate with Gothic (þandē, “while, as long as, because”) and Old High German thanta, danta (“because”). More at then and than.

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