thanne
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See also: þanne
English
[edit]Conjunction
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Preposition
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Middle English
[edit]Adverb
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- Alternative form of than
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 4:1, page 2r, column 2, lines 3–4; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- Thanne ıḣc was lad of a ſpirit in to deſert .· to be temptid of þe fend /
- Then Jesus was led of a Spirit into desert, to be tempted of the fiend.[2]