Though

Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX)

• attestation: Though the three-forked tongue flicker and leap out of the gaping mouth, and with awful yawn menace ghastly wounds remember to keep the dauntless temper of thy mind; nor let the point of the jagged... (The Danish History, > Book Two)

  "Though the three-forked tongue flicker and leap out of the gaping mouth, and with awful yawn menace ghastly wounds remember to keep the dauntless temper of thy mind; nor let the point of the jagged tooth trouble thee, nor the starkness of the beast, nor the venom spat from the swift throat."

• attestation: Though the force of his scales spurn thy spears, yet know there is a place under his lowest belly whither thou mayst plunge the blade; aim at this with thy sword, and thou shalt probe the snake to ... (The Danish History, > Book Two)

  "Though the force of his scales spurn thy spears, yet know there is a place under his lowest belly whither thou mayst plunge the blade; aim at this with thy sword, and thou shalt probe the snake to his centre."

• attestation: Though the heart of woman should never be trusted. (The Danish History, > Book Two)

  "Though the heart of woman should never be trusted, he believed in a woman all the more insensately, because he supposed her faithful to himself and treacherous to her son."

• attestation: Though his years were unripe. (The Danish History, > Book Three.)

  "Though his years were unripe, his richly-dowered spirit surpassed them."

• relationship: Though she complained that she was slighted by the wrong of having a paramour put over her, yet, she said, it would be unworthy for her to hate him as an adulterer more than she loved him as a husb... (The Danish History, > Book Four.)

  "Though she complained that she was slighted by the wrong of having a paramour put over her, yet, she said, it would be unworthy for her to hate him as an adulterer more than she loved him as a husband: nor would she so far shrink from her lord as to bring herself to hide in silence the guile which she knew was intended against him."

• attestation: "Though the heir be deemed degenerate, I will not suffer the wealth of mighty Frode to profit strangers or to be made public like plunder."

At these words the queen trembled, and she took from her... (The Danish History, > Book Six.)

""Though the heir be deemed degenerate, I will not suffer the wealth of mighty Frode to profit strangers or to be made public like plunder."

At these words the queen trembled, and she took from her head the ribbon with which she happened, in woman's fashion, to be adorning her hair, and proffered it to the enraged old man, as though she could avert his anger with a gift."

• attestation: "Though thou go to the East, or live sequestered in the countries of the West, or whether, driven thence, thou seek the midmost place of the earth;

"Whether thou revisit the cold quarter of the he... (The Danish History, > Book Six.)

""Though thou go to the East, or live sequestered in the countries of the West, or whether, driven thence, thou seek the midmost place of the earth;

"Whether thou revisit the cold quarter of the heaven where the pole is to be seen, and carries on the sphere with its swift spin, and looks down upon the neighbouring Bear;

"Shame shall accompany thee far, and shall smite thy countenance with heavy disgrace, when the united assembly of the great kings is taking pastime."

• attestation: Though he who fears death lie in the heart of the valley. (The Danish History, > Book Six.)

  "Though he who fears death lie in the heart of the valley, no mantlet shall shelter him."

• attestation: Though it may seem the hardihood of a boy that I venture to forestall the speech of the elders. (The Danish History, > Book Nine.)

  "Though it may seem the hardihood of a boy that I venture to forestall the speech of the elders, yet I pray you to pardon my errors, and be indulgent to my unripe words."

• attestation: Though this man was thought notable for his stature, his mind did not answer to his body; for he kept himself so well sated with power that he rejoiced more in saving than increasing his dignity, a... (The Danish History, > Book Nine.)

  "Though this man was thought notable for his stature, his mind did not answer to his body; for he kept himself so well sated with power that he rejoiced more in saving than increasing his dignity, and thought it better to guard his own than to attack what belonged to others: caring more to look to what he had than to swell his havings."

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: Though it used to be said that they were spiritual and immortal beings, still they ate and drank like human beings: they married and had children (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "Though it used to be said that they were spiritual and immortal beings, still they ate and drank like human beings: they married and had children."

• comparison: Though an occasional wave rose to strike the romantic cliffs, the sea was like a placid lake, with its light coverlet of blue attractive enough to entice one of the ladies of Rhys f)wfn forth from the (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "Though an occasional wave rose to strike the romantic cliffs, the sea was like a placid lake, with its light coverlet of blue attractive enough to entice one of the ladies of Rhys f)wfn forth from the town seen by Daniel Huws off Trefin as he was journeying between Fishguard and St."

• attestation: Though ye rin wi' speed (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

  "' Though ye rin wi' speed"

• attestation: he found that the clothes would make head and foot sick (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

  "In a word, he found that the clothes would make head and foot sick, and he departed in disgust, saying to the farmer, ' Though this place is thine, the great glen of Rushen is not.'"