Þó
Old Icelandic Dictionary - þóMeaning of Old Icelandic word "þó" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
þó Old Icelandic word can mean:
- þó
- I) adv.
- þó
- 1) yet, though, nevertheless, still (þeir vóru síð búnir ok sigldu þó í haf);
- þó
- 2) connected with other particles; ok þó, and besides, and even, to boot (í Nóregi er lítil bygð ok þó sundrlaus); mörgum mönnum ófróðum ok þó óvitrum, ill-informed and unwise as well; er þó, since yet, considering that (kvazt hjá bóndum skyldu vera, er þó buðu þeir honum svá góða kosti);
- þó
- 3) conj., þó at, contracted þót, þótt, although, even though, with subj. (hann rengdi til augum, þó at úskygn væri); halda máttu þessu sæti, þótt hón komi sjalf til, though she comes herself into the hall; dropping the ‘at’; þó þú sért lítillar ættar, although thou art of low extraction.
- þó
- II) from þvá.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢ
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- conj.
- conjunction.
- subj.
- subjunctive.
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