Old English · conjunction
oþ
- Part of speech
- conjunction
- IPA
- /oːθ/
- Syllables
- oːθ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- untilþæt
oþ1 · conjunction
Senses
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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
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until, as far as, up to, down to
fram þām ēagþyrle ōþ þone weall
from the window to the wall
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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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