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Old English
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
Adverb
þēah
- for all that, however, even so, yet
Conjunction
þēah
- though, notwithstanding that
- though, even if
10th century, The Wanderer: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
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