thanne
See also: þanne
English
Conjunction
thanne
- Obsolete spelling of than.
Preposition
thanne
- Obsolete spelling of than.
Middle English
Adverb
thanne
- 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]
