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Clauses of Result These clauses are introduced by the conjunction pæt, which may be preceded by the adverb swa 'so' in the main clause.
E.g.: swa clæne hlo wæs opfeallenu on Anʒelcynne, ðæt swipe feawa wæron behionan Humbre, ðe hiora ðeninʒa cuðen understondan on enʒlisc. oppe furdum an ærendʒewrit of lædene on enʒlisc awendan 'so cleanly was it (learning) decayed in England, that very few were on this side of the Humber — those who could understand their service in English or even translate one message from Latin Into English'; eode ellen-rof, pæt he for eaxlum ʒestod Deniʒa freʒan 'stepped the glorious one, so that he stood near the Danes' lord'. This latter clause can also be interpreted as a temporal clause:'. . . until he stood'.
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