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þætte

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þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
Wright's OE grammar
§305; §560;
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introducing substantive clauses.
where the clause is equivalent to a noun in the nominative, and
stands as the subject of the verb in the main clause
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  • Cúþ is ꝥte Drihten fæstte,

    • Blickl. Homl. 27, 23 : 87, 5.

  • Wearð undyrne cúð, gyddum geómore, þætte Grendel wan wið Hróðgár,

    • Beo. Th. 305
      • ;
    • B. 151.
where the subject of the substantive clause is omitted
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  • Nis eów forboden, ꝥte æhta habban, gif gé ða on riht strénaꝥ,

    • Blick. Homl. 53,27.
where þæt or hit stands as subject in the main clause
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  • Hit is áwriten ðætte Dauid, ðá hé ðone læppan forcorfedne hæfde, ðæt hé slóge on his heortan

    • Past. 28
      • ;
    • Swt. 198, 16.

  • Is þæt þeódnes gebod, ꝥte . . .

    • Exon. Th. 202, 13
      • ;
    • Ph. 69.

  • Ðæt gelimpan sceal, þætte lagu flóweþ

    • 445, 2
      • ;
    • Dom. 1.

  • Þæt gesýne wearð, þætte wrecend lifde

    • Beo. Th. 2517
      • ;
    • B. 1256.
where it further explains a noun in the main clause
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  • Ne biþ swylc cwénlíc þeáw . . . , þætte freoðuwebbe feores onsæce leófne mannan

    • Beo. Th. 3888
      • ;
    • B. 1942.

  • Treów wæs gecýþed, þætte Gúðláce God leánode

    • Exon. Th. 129, 12
      • ;
    • Gú. 420
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 223, 3
      • ;
    • Dan. 114.
where the clause is equivalent to a noun in the accusative, and
stands as object to the verb in the main clause
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  • Hér sagaþ se godspellere, ꝥte Hǽlend wǽre lǽded on wésten

    • Blickl. Homl. 27, 3
      • :
    • 41, 34.

  • Hæbbe ic gefrugnen, ꝥte is feor heonan æþelast londa

    • Exon. Th. 197, 19
      • ;
    • Ph. 1.
where it is in apposition to þæt or hit standing as object in the main clause
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  • Hí þæt ne gelýfdon, ꝥte líffruma áhafen wurde

    • Exon. Th. 41, 16
      • ;
    • Cri. 656.
where it further explains the object of the verb in the main clause
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  • Bodan sægdon sóðne gefeán, þætte sunu wǽre Meotudes ácenned

    • Exon. Th. 28, 24
      • ;
    • Cri. 451.

  • Men geségon þeódwundor micel, ꝥte eorðe ágeaf ða hyre on lǽgun

    • 71, 15
      • ;
    • Cri. 1156.
where the clause is equivalent to a noun in genitive or dative
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  • Gode ælmiehtigum sí ðonc, ðætte wé nú ǽnigne onstál habbaþ láreówa,

    • Past. pref.
      • ;
    • Swt. 4, 1.

  • Se ðæs onsóce, ꝥte sóð wǽre mǽre mihta waldend

    • Cd. Th. 244, 21
      • ;
    • Dan. 451.
introducing clauses expressing end or purpose, that, in order that
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  • Beforan ðæm temple stód ǽren ceác, ðætte menn meahten hira hondaðweán

    • Past. 16
      • ;
    • Past. 105, 1.

  • Sprec tó ðínum discipulum, ꝥte sý geblissad heora heorte, and hié sýn ofergytende ðisse sǽwe ege

    • Blickl. Homl. 233, 36
      • .
introducing clauses expressing result, manner, kind, degree.
where no demonstrative word is antecedent to the subordinate clause, that, so that
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  • Hí wénaþ ꝥ hí mægen eall ðás gód gegaderian tógædere, þætte nán búton ðære gesomnunga ne sié

    • Bt. 24, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 86, 3
      • .

  • Daniel sægde him wíslíce wereda gesceafte, ꝥte sóna ongeat cyning ord and ende ðæs ðe him ýwed wæs

    • Cd. Th. 225, 28
      • ;
    • Dan. 161
      • .

  • Woldon hié feorhleán fácne gyldan ꝥte hé ꝥ dægweorc dreóre gebohte

    so that he should pay for that deed with blood

    • 187, 14
      • ;
    • Exod. 151
      • .
where the subject of the clause is omitted
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  • Nis ǽnig man þætte swá bereáfod sié

    • Met. 22, 49.

  • Nǽnig manna is þætte áreccan mæg,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1091
      • ;
    • An. 546
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 210, 2
      • ;
    • Exod. 509
      • .
where there is a demonstrative form as antecedent
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  • Hé beóþ swá geþwǽra, þætte nó ꝥ án ꝥ hí magon geféran beón, ac ðý furþor ꝥ heora nán búton óþrum beón ne mæg

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • Fox 74, 17
      • .

  • Ðǽr wæs swíþe swéte stenc swá ꝥte ealle ða slépan ðe ðǽr wǽron

    • Blickl. Homl. 145, 29
      • .

  • Ðínne líchoman hié tóstenceaþ swá ꝥte ðín blód fléwþ ofer eorðan swá swá wæter

    • 237, 6.
where the subject of the clause is omitted
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  • ꝥ nis nán man, ꝥte sumes eácan ne ꝥurfe

    • Bt. 24,4
      • ;
    • Fox 86,6
where the main clause is not expressed
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  • Ðonne hí niðer ástígaþ tó áðweánne hiera niéhstena scylda, hié beóþ onlícost suelce hí beren ðone ceák . . . , ðætte (the case is such, that) suá hwelc suá inweard higige tó gangenne on ða dura ðæs écean lífes, hé ondette ǽlce costunge

    • Past. 16
      • ;
    • Swt. 105, 14
      • .

  • Æfter ðæm ðe Rómeburg getimbred wæs twá hunde wintra and IIIIX, þætte ( it came to pass, that) Cambisis féng tó Persa ríce

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 78, 2 : 4, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 154, 2
      • .

  • And ðæs embe fíf niht ðætte fulwiht tiid éces Drihtnes tó ús cymeþ

    • Menol. Fox 22
      • ;
    • Men. 11
      • , and often.

  • Eálá ꝥte ðis moncyn wǽre gesǽlig, gif heora mód wǽre riht

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • Fox 74, 40
      • .

  • Ðætte oft ðæs láreówdómes ðénung biþ swíðe untǽlwyrðlíce gewilnad

    • Past. 7, arg.
      • ;
    • Swt. 47, 20
      • , and often.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þætte.” 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/31503.

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