oþ

• IPA^(key): /oθ/

oþ

1. (with accusative) until, as far as, up to

   Iċ wysċte þæt iċ mihte oþ Cristes mæssan slāpan.

   I wished that I could sleep until Christmas.

   fram þām ēagþyrle oþ þone weall

   from the window to the wall

   Iċ lēt mīnne sunu rinnan oþ þone weald.

   I let my son run as far as the forest.

   Iċ cann oþ tīen tellan.

   I can count to ten.

   Þæt wæter wæs nū oþ hiere heals.

   The water was now up to her neck.

   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Hē behȳdde þæt sweord oþ þā hiltan.

     He concealed the sword up to the hilt.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 32:24

     Ān enġel wraxlode wiþ hine oþ morgen.

     An angel wrestled with him until morning.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 24:38-39

     On þām dagum ǣr þām flōde wǣron menn etende and drincende, and wīfiġende and ġifte sellende, oþ þone dæġ þe Nōe on þā earċe ēode, and hīe niston ǣr se flōd cōm and nām hīe ealle.

     In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they didn't know until the flood came and took them all.

oþ

1. (usually with þæt) until

   Þēowet wæs mennisċre ġecynde oþ þæt hit næs.

   Slavery was part of human nature until it wasn't.

   Ne telle man nānne mann ġesǣliġne oþ þæt hē biþ dēad.

   No one should be considered lucky until he is dead.

   Oþ þæt hē hit sæġde, nyste hē nā hwæt hē seċġan wolde.

   Until he said it, he did not know what he was going to say.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Festival of Saint Peter the Apostle"

     Hīe ēodon forþ oþ þæt hīe cōmon tō ānum wīċe.

     They kept walking until they came to a street.