þeah

See also: yeah

Middle English

Adverb

þeah

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of thogh

Conjunction

þeah

1. (Early Middle English)} Alternative form of thogh

Old English

Alternative forms

• þēh

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh, corresponding to Proto-Germanic *þau (“in that case”) + *-uh (“and”) (cognate with Latin -que).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θæ͜ɑːx/

Adverb

þēah

1. for all that, however, even so, yet

Descendants

• Middle English: thogh (through confluence with Old Norse þó)
  • English: though
  • Middle Scots: thoch, thocht, tho
    • Scots: tho

Conjunction

þēah [+ subjunctive]

1. though, notwithstanding that
2. though, even if
   • 10th century, The Wanderer‎^[1]:

     Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
     Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ

     A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
     Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful

Derived terms

• swā þēah

Descendants

• Middle English: thogh (through confluence with Old Norse þó)
  • English: though
  • Middle Scots: thoch, thocht, tho
    • Scots: tho