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þus

  • adverb
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Grammar
þus, adv.
Thus, in this manner, degree, etc.
Grammar
þus, where the manner, etc., is determined by what precedes,
Grammar
þus, with verbs
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  • 'Mín Drihten, gestranga míne heortan. Ðus gebiddende ðam hálgan Andrea Drihtnes stefn wæs geworden,

    • Blickl. Homl. 245, 3: Exon. Th. 236, 6
      • ;
    • Ph. 570: 43, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 686.

  • Ðus ( sic ) unc gedafnaþ ealle rihtwísness gefyllan,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 3, 15: Lk. Skt. 24, 46.

  • Hú mæg ðis ðus geweorþan?

    • Blickl. Homl. 7, 21.

  • Ðás dǽda þus gedóne from Drihtne,

    • 31, 20.

  • Cucler fulne þus geworhtes drincan,

    • Lchdm. ii. 182, 23.

  • Lǽtaþ þus

    sinite usque huc,

    • Lk. Skt. 22, 51.
Grammar
þus, with adjectives
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  • Ðis wíf wæs áfundyn on unrihton hǽmede. Moyses ús bebeád ðæt wé sceoldon þus geráde mid stánum oftorfian,

    • Jn. Skt. 8, 5: Deut. 4, 32.

  • Þuss gerádum ádle, Anglia xiii.

    • 434, 995.

  • Þus manige men,

    • Beo. Th. 679
      • ;
    • B, 337.

  • Ic nǽfre ðé gemétte þus méðne,

    • Exon. Th. 163, 3
      • ;
    • Gú. 988: 376, 19
      • ;
    • Seel. 376: 447, 4
      • ;
    • Dóm. 34.
Grammar
þus, with adverbs
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  • Nó wé ðé þus swíðe swencan þorftan,

    • Exon. Th. 129, 58
      • ;
    • Gú. 423: 268, 16
      • ;
    • Jul. 433: Judth. Thw. 22, 36
      • ;
    • Jud. 93.
Grammar
þus, where the manner, etc., is determined by what follows,
Grammar
þus, with verbs
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  • God spræc þus: 'Ic eom Drihten þín God,'

    • Ex. 20, 1.

  • Se engel þus cwæþ: 'Wes ðú hál,'

    • Blickl. Homl. 5, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 124
      • ;
    • An. 62: Mt. Kmbl. 2, 5.

  • Þus sindon háten fæder and módur, ðæs wé gefrægen habbaþ ... Maria and Ióseph,

    • 1371
      • ;
    • An. 686.

  • Sóðlíce þus wæs Cristes cneóres

    now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 1, 18.

  • Ic wéne þus, ðæt...,

    • Exon. Th. 468, 8
      • ;
    • Phar. 4.

  • Ðú ða sáwle þus gesceópe, ðæt hió hwearfode on hire selfre (cf. swá ðú gesceópe ða saúle, ðæt hió sceolde hwearfian on hire selfre, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 11),

    • Met. 20, 205.

  • Þuss,

    • Gen. 2, 16.
Grammar
þus, with adjectives
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  • Ic wéne ðæt ðú nǽfre tó ðus mycles mægnes lǽcedómum becóme swylcum swá ic gefregn ða ðe fram Æscolapio férdon,

    • Lchdm. i. 326, 5.
Grammar
þus, used in place of a definite expression
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  • Ðá cwæð Petrus: 'Beceápode gé ðus micel landes?' Heó andwyrde: 'Geá, leóf, swá micel'

    Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much (Acts 5, 8),

    • Homl. Th. i. 316, 32.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. O. Frs. thus.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þus.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32336.

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