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Old English · adverb

þus

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/θus/
Syllables
θus (1 syllable)
Modern English
thusthis

Meaning

  1. in this way, like this; thus

    Ġif þū þone flān þus sċīetst, þū slihst þone mierċels.

    If you shoot the arrow like this, you'll hit the target.

  2. this (meaning "to this extent")

    Ġesāwe þū ǣfre þus miċel mos?

    Have you ever seen this much moss?

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þus.

Descendants

thus

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