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þæs þe

  1. as, to the extent that
    Iċ nǣfre ǣr þē ne ġeseah, hūru þæs þe iċ ġemunan mæġ.
    I've never seen you before, at least as far as I can remember.
  2. because
  3. after
  4. what
  5. since
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Eugenia, Virgin"
      Þa æfter þrym gearum þæs þe heo gecyrred wæs
      Then after three years since her conversion,...
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
      Ic sæcge ðe to soðan þæt þu scealt gewitan on ðam sixteoðan geare þæs þe þu munuc wurde...
      I say to thee, in sooth, that thou shalt depart, in the sixteenth year since thou becamest a monk...