þæs þe

• þes þe

• IPA^(key): /θæs θe/

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
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Ne mæġ iċ þē nāwht helan þæs þe iċ wāt.

     I can't hide from you what I know.

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...