þus

See also: yus and thus

Gothic

Romanization

þus

1. Romanization of 𐌸𐌿𐍃

Middle English

Alternative forms

• thus, thuse, þos, þous
• ðus, tus, tuss, þuss (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English þus, from Proto-West Germanic *þus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θus/, /ðus/

Adverb

þus

1. So, thus (in this way; in the described way)
2. In the previously mentioned way; the same (way)
3. So; to such an extent (that)
4. Thus, therefore; due to this, as a result.
5. Then, next; after that, afterwards.
6. (rare) Altogether, totally.

Descendants

• English: thus
• Scots: thus

References

• “thus, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• Brink, Daniel (1992) “Variation between <þ-> and <t-> in the Ormulum”, in Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr and Robert L. Kyes, editors, On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; 68), De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 21-35.
• Thurber, Beverly A. (2011 February 15) “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 65-81.

Old English

Alternative forms

• ðus

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θus/

Adverb

þus

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.

   Þus wæs weorold ġesċeapen.

   This is how the world was created. (Literally: "Like this was the world created.")

2. this (meaning "to this extent")

   Ġesāwe þū ǣfre þus miċel mos?

   Have you ever seen this much moss?

   Āscast þū simle þus fela āscunga?

   Do you always ask this many questions?

Coordinate terms

• hū
• swā

Derived terms

• þyslīċ

Descendants

• Middle English: þus, thus, thuse, þos, þous; ðus, tus, tuss, þuss
  • English: thus
  • Scots: thus