Old English · adverb
swa þeah
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /swɑː θæ͜ɑːx/
- Syllables
- swɑː · θæ͜ɑːx (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- neverthelesshowever
Meaning
-
even so, nevertheless, however
...ac hī þurhwunodon swā þēah on þām ġewinne ōð dēað.
...but they nevertheless continued in that warfare till death.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
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