þæs þe

Old English

Alternative forms

• þes þe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θæs θe/

Conjunction

þæs þe

1. as, to the extent that

   Iċ nǣfre ǣr þē ne ġeseah, hūru þæs þe iċ ġemunan mæġ.

   I've never seen you before, at least as far as I can remember.

2. because
3. after
4. what
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Ne mæġ iċ þē nāwht helan þæs þe iċ wāt.

     I can't hide from you what I know.

5. since
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Eugenia, Virgin"

     Þa æfter þrym gearum þæs þe heo gecyrred wæs

     Then after three years since her conversion,...

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

     Ic sæcge ðe to soðan þæt þu scealt gewitan on ðam sixteoðan geare þæs þe þu munuc wurde...

     I say to thee, in sooth, that thou shalt depart, in the sixteenth year since thou becamest a monk...