61. Comp. ‘for ðan ȝif hit ne helpð one, hit helpð an oðer,’ VV 53/18.

63. #Ðas þe#, according to that, according to what you say, so then:

adverbial use descended from OE. #þæs#, _gen. sing. neut._ of the

article #se#, with þe annexed, as sometimes in OE.; so too in ‘Harke nu

ðe formeste forbysne ðe he mankenn sceawede ðas þe we cunnen

understonden,’ VV 49/12, where the meaning is, so far as we can

understand. Otherwise þas þe, þes þe is regularly associated in ME. with

a comparative adverb, as ‘ðu scalt hauen ðas te more iswink,’ VV 75/4.

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