mid þy þe

Meaning

1. when, since, seeing that, given that

   Ēalā hū yfele mē dōþ maneġe woruldmenn, mid ðām þæt iċ ne mōt wealdan mīna āgenra þēowa.

   Alas, how poorly do many worldly people treat me, when I may not control my own servants!

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy