Obs. In phr. a þe, a later form of OE. oððe = oð until + þe that, whereby a came to represent OE. oð till.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 5. Þus ha hine hereden a Þe he rad in et þan est ȝete. Ibid., 45. Ic ham ȝeue reste … from non on saterdei a þa cume monedeis lihting.

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