See than on Wiktionary
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"yol", "2": "ang", "3": "þonne" }, "expansion": "Old English þonne", "name": "inh" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English than, from Old English þonne.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "yol", "2": "adverb" }, "expansion": "than", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Yola", "lang_code": "yol", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Yola terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "english": "Such driving, and struggling, 'till then we ne'er saw.", "ref": "1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:", "text": "Zitch vezzeen, tarvizzeen, 'tell than w'ne'er zey.", "type": "quote" }, { "english": "Then came the shouldering, tossing, and tumbling;", "ref": "1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:", "text": "Than caame ee shullereen, ee teap an corkite;", "type": "quote" }, { "english": "Then stalked and wondered, with oh! and with grief.", "ref": "1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:", "text": "Than stalket, an gandelt, wie o! an gridane.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "then" ], "links": [ [ "then", "then" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ðan/" } ], "word": "than" } { "categories": [ "Pages with 11 entries", "Pages with entries", "Yola adverbs", "Yola entries with incorrect language header", "Yola lemmas", "Yola prepositions", "Yola terms derived from Middle English", "Yola terms derived from Old English", "Yola terms inherited from Middle English", "Yola terms inherited from Old English" ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "yol", "2": "enm", "3": "than" }, "expansion": "Middle English than", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "yol", "2": "ang", "3": "þonne" }, "expansion": "Old English þonne", "name": "inh" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English than, from Old English þonne.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "yol", "2": "preposition" }, "expansion": "than", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Yola", "lang_code": "yol", "pos": "prep", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Yola terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "english": "And neat wooden trenchers far whiter than snow.", "ref": "1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. 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