siþþan

Old English

Alternative forms

• syððan, syþþan

Etymology

From an earlier (unrecorded) form *sīþ þon (“subsequent to that”), with contraction and corresponding shortening of long vowel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiθ.θɑn/

Adverb

siþþan

1. afterwards, subsequently
2. since
3. ago, since

Conjunction

siþþan

1. after, since
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"

     Min leofe cild, nis nu todæg se casere on eorþan lifigende þe decius sy genemned, se casere þe þu embe axast, he wæs gefyrn worulde and swiðe fela geara synd nu agane syððan he gewat of þysan life;..

     My dear child, there is not today the emperor living on earth who is named Decius; the emperor whom thou askest about, he lived in the world long ago, and very many years are now past since he departed from this life.

Descendants

• Middle English: sitthen
  • English: sithen
  • Scots: syne
• Middle English: sitthens
  • English: sithence, sithens
  • Middle English: syns
    • English: since