furþum
Old English
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editfurþum
- even (marking an extreme example)
- Furðum God ġereste hine on þone seofoþan dæġ.
- Even God rested on the seventh day.
- Furðum hundas ne sċeal man ġenīedan þæt hīe libbaþ swā hundas!
- Even dogs should not be forced to live like dogs!
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
- Swā fēawa heora wǣron þæt iċ furðum ānne ānlīepne ne mæġ ġeþenċan be sūðan Temese þā þā iċ tō rīċe fēng.
- There were so few of them that I can't even think of a single one to the south of the Thames when I came to the throne.
- just, recently
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edit- English: forthen