eldertongue

Old English · conjunction

oþ

Part of speech
conjunction
IPA
/oːθ/
Syllables
oːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English
untilþæt

oþ1 · conjunction

Senses

  1. until

    Hīe ēodon forþ ōþ þæt hīe cōmon tō ānum wīċe.

    They kept walking until they came to a certain street.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Festival of Saint Peter the Apostle"

oþ2 · preposition

Senses

  1. until, as far as, up to, down to

    fram þām ēagþyrle ōþ þone weall

    from the window to the wall

  2. until

    Eft he cwæð, "Ic beo mid eow eallum dagum, ōð þisre worulde geendunge," seðe lyfað and rixað mid þam Ælmihtigan Fæder and ðam Halgum Gaste á on ecnysse. Amen.

    Again he said, "I will be with you on all days, until the ending of this world," who liveth and reigneth with the Almighty Father and the Holy Ghost ever to eternity. Amen.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"

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