Talk:þus
Latest comment: 15 years ago by 93.96.96.27
Old English adverb gloss
[edit]It is at least used for "In this way or manner"
from Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 22:1-19)
- "... cwæð him þus to: 'Nim þinne ancennedan sunu Isaac ...'"
- "... announced to him, thus, to: 'Take thine only son, Isaac, ...'"
But I don't know how to justify "as a result" which is probably a later expansion of the use of thus at the end of a proof ("in the way of the above, we say..." "thus we say...") Old English seems to use "forþy" for "as a result" (ie, "therefore")
from Ælfric's Colloquy
- "Gif ge forþy me fram adryfaþ, þæt ge þus don, þonne ..."
- "if, and therefore, you drive me away, which you will do as you say, then ..."