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Old English
Pronunciation
Adverb
swā þēah
- even so, nevertheless, however
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
...ac hī þurhwunodon swā þēah on þām ġewinne ōð dēað.- ...but they nevertheless continued in that warfare till death.