Strengthened
by þe: þēah þe, 683,
1369, 1832, 1928, 1942, 2345, 2620; þēah .
Beowulf
sele-þegn, 1795.
--Comp.
: firen-, nearo-,
ofer-þearf.
þearf.
See þurfan.
ge-þearfian, w.
v.
, = _necessitatem imponere_: pret.
part.
þā him swā
ge-þearfod wæs (_since so they found it necessary_), 1104.
þearle, adv.
, _very, exceedingly_, 560.
þēah, þēh, conj.
, _though, even though_ or _if_: 1) with subj.
þēah, 203,
526, 588, 590, 1168, 1661, 2032, 2162.
Strengthened
by þe: þēah þe, 683,
1369, 1832, 1928, 1942, 2345, 2620; þēah .
.
.
eal (_although_), 681.
--2)
with indic.
: þēah, 1103; þēh, 1614.
--3) doubtful: þēah hē ūðe wēl, 2856;
swā þēah (_nevertheless_), 2879; nō .
.
.
swā þēah (_not then however_), 973;
næs þē forht swā þēh (_he was not, though, afraid_), 2968; hwæðre swā þēah
(_yet however_), 2443.
þēaw, st.
m.
, _custom, usage_: nom.
sg.
, 178, 1247; acc.
sg.
