oþ

oþ

See also: -oþ and oþ-

Old English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oθ/

Preposition

oþ

1. (with accusative) until, as far as, up to, down to

   fram þām ēagþyrle oþ þone weall

   from the window to the wall

   þrītiġ oþ fīftiġ wildra swīna

   thirty to fifty feral hogs

   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Hē behȳdde þæt sweord oþ þā hiltan.

     He concealed the sword up to the hilt.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 32:24

     Ān enġel wraxlode wiþ hine oþ morgen.

     An angel wrestled with him until morning.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 24:38-39

     On þǣm dagum ǣr þǣm flōde wǣron menn etende and drincende, and wīfiġende and ġifte sellende, oþ þone dæġ þe Nōe on þā earċe ēode, and hīe nysson ǣr sē flōd cōm and nam hīe ealle.

     In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they didn't know until the flood came and took them all.

Conjunction

oþ

1. (often with þæt) until
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Festival of Saint Peter the Apostle"

     Hīe ēodon forþ oþ þæt hīe cōmon tō ānum wīċe.

     They kept walking until they came to a street.

Derived terms

• oþ dēaþ ondrǣdan