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21. nought-for-than adv. & conj.

Additional spellings: noughtforthan
12 quotations in 1 sense
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Nevertheless.

22. nouther conj.

176 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Neither; nouther..nouther, neither..nor; nouther..nouther..nouther, nouther..nouther..ne, nouther..nouther..or, nouther..ne..ne nouther, ne..nouther..nouther, neither..nor..nor…

23. oth prep. & conj.

12 quotations in 2 senses
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Until (a time, day, a day); oth world ende, oth ende world, oth world endinge, until the end of the world; oth lives ende, until the end of (one's) life, throughout (one's) life.

24. ọ̄̆ther conj.

398 quotations in 11 senses
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Joining two or more alternatives: or: (a) connecting nouns, pronouns, or noun or pronoun phrases; other elles, or as an alternative, or else; also, or anything else [quot.: Patience]; other..outher

25. oth-that conj. & prep.

Additional spellings: oththat
14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Up to the time that, until; (b) as prep.: up to (a time, an event), until; oth-that over, until after.

26. oth-the conj.

Additional spellings: oththe
37 quotations in 4 senses
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With two or more alternatives: or: (a) connecting nouns, noun phrases, or prepositional phrases; oth-the..oth-the (other), other..oth-the, or..or; (b) connecting verbs or verb phrases; (c) connecting…

27. outher conj.

73 quotations in 2 senses
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As the first conjunction in correlative constructions: either; -- often introducing quasi-formulaic pairs or series of synonyms, antonyms, or otherwise related elements: (a) outher..or (elles,

28. sam conj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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In a correlative construction: sam..sam, whether..or.

29. sitthe conj.

101 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Subsequent to the time that, after, since; once that; (b) sitthe that, = (a); (c) ben agon (aron) sitthe, of a period of time: to be elapsed since, be passed since; ben longe sitthe, ben longe

30. sitthen conj.

94 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Subsequent to the time that, after; once that; (b) sitthen that, = (a); (c) of time or a unit of time: ben (passen) sitthen, ben agon (gon) sitthen, to have elapsed since; ben longe ago sitthen

31. swich conj.

24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Introducing a clause: as, such as; that mete swich, ?such meat as [could also be construed as rel.pron.; cp. swich pron.3.]; (b) introducing a clause or prep. phrase: as if; so eile (blak, hard)

32. than conj.

377 quotations in 20 senses
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Used to introduce a clause having a finite verb and expressing a comparison or contrast: (a) in constructions with a comp. adj., adj. as noun, or adv. in the comp. degree: than; (b) in constructions…

33. that conj.

545 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) With the result that, so that; (b) correlated with so, swich, swiche, or to than swithe in the main clause: so..that, so..that, to such an extent..that; swiche..that, such..that; etc.; (c) so that

34. thẹ̄̆ conj.

39 quotations in 2 senses
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Introducing a subordinate clause: (a) that; (b) when; also, in correl. constructions: the..thanne (the, tho), when..then; (c) because, since; (d) ?if.

35. thē̆r-whīle adv. & conj.

Additional spellings: therwhile
23 quotations in 2 senses
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As dem. adv.: (a) with ref. to a span of past, present, or hypothetical time: during that time, meanwhile, in the meantime; (b) with ref. to a point or an event in past or hypothetical time: at that…

36. though conj.

274 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) In spite of the fact that, although; also, however much, however many; (b) in clauses restricting or otherwise qualifying the statement of the main clause: except that; granted that; even though…

37. wald conj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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In case that, lest; wald if.

38. whanne adv. & conj.

273 quotations in 14 senses
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As simple adv., in phrase: whanne and whanne, at one time and another, now and then, occasionally; also, in combs.: selde (seldene) whanne, rarely; som whanne [see som-whan adv.]; whilom whanne, in…

39. what adv. & conj.

109 quotations in 10 senses
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As interrog. adv. in direct questions, sometimes with the rhetorical effect of implying a contrary statement or negative assertion: (a) why?, why on earth?; what (a) devel, why the devil (b) how?,…

40. whenne adv. & conj.

55 quotations in 5 senses
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As interrog. adv. in direct questions: (a) from what place?, whence?; also in interrog. adv. phrase with prep. from [quot. c1380] (b) from what source?, of what origin?; whenne cometh hit, how does…