Middle English Dictionary Entry
that adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | that adv. |
| Etymology | OE þæt adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. this adv.
1.
(a) To such an extent, so; in such a way, thus, so; (b) then;— ?error for thanne adv. or tho adv.; (c) there; (d) however, nevertheless;— ?error for yet adv.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)27 (1st occurrence) : Þe deofel þet to soþe..rixat in-nan him þet he nulle nefre forleten his sunne.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)45 : Ic ham ȝeue reste..from non on saterdei a þa cume monedeis lihting, þet efre forð to domes dei.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)7659 : Seke she is, and that ouer-doon But if that she amend soon Of hir liue sore I me drede.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)6279 : His sekenes þat encrest, he gert beere him ferr and nere Aboute þe contre on a bere.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)360/36 : Where he hated, he wolde be avenged with murther, and that hated sir Gareth.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1889 (1st occurrence) : Þat [Otho: Þo] dælden þat broþeran [Otho: þe meies] al þis drihtliche lond.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18103 : Þat [Göt: Þan; Ld: Than; Trin-C: Þenne] brast þe brasen yates sa strang.
- c1460 Cursor (LdMisc 416)18045 (1st occurrence) : That [Vsp: Þan] answerd that fals of rede..'This ilk Iesus sothely is he That makyth vs oft grevyd to be.'
c
- a1325 SLeg.Patr.(Corp-C 145)29 (2nd occurrence) : Þait crois þat [Ashm: A crois þer] stod þat men iseye.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13445 : To þe arn lickest es he, Þat es na foxl sua ferr mai se And..sa gleg of ei.
- c1460 Cursor (LdMisc 416)16354 : Lowde bygon they to Cry that alle herd that [Trin-C: þere] þat bere.
d
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)101 : Þe oferlifa on hete..macað þene mon un-halne..Þet [OE Eft] þer toȝeines unimete festen..macað þene mon un-halne and on michelere sarinesse bringeð.