þeah

== Middle English == === Adverb === þeah (Early Middle English) alternative form of thogh === Conjunction === þeah (Early Middle English) alternative form of thogh == Old English == === Alternative forms === þēh === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh, corresponding to Proto-Germanic *þau (“in that case”) + *-uh (“and”) (cognate with Latin -que). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θæ͜ɑːx/ Rhymes: -æ͜ɑːx === Adverb === þēah for all that, however, even so, yet ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: thogh (through confluence with Old Norse þó)English: thoughMiddle Scots: thoch, thocht, thoScots: tho === Conjunction === þēah though, notwithstanding that though, even if ==== Usage notes ==== Often used with the subjunctive mood to express hypothetical or uncertain ideas: Þēah þe hit earfoþe sīe, wē sċulon ūrum fēondum wiþstandan, and ǣlċum yfele þe hīe dōþ ("Although it may be difficult, we must stand against our enemies, and every evil that they commit"). However, statements that do not express uncertainty generally use the indicative: Þū mē sæġdest þæt þū mīne ġiefe forlure, þēah þe hēo wæs ealle þā hwīle on þīnum beddcleofan. Hū eart þū ā swā forgietel? ("You told me you lost my present, even though it was in your room the entire time. How are you always so forgetful?") ==== Derived terms ==== swā þēah ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: thogh (through confluence with Old Norse þó)English: thoughMiddle Scots: thoch, thocht, thoScots: tho