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OE Crist I 330 Þu eart þæt wealldor, þurh þe waldend frea æne on þas eorðan ut siðade, ond efne swa þec gemette, meahtum gehrodene, clæne ond gecorene, Crist ælmihtig.

OE Guthlac A 592 Him se eadga wer ondswarode, Guðlac..: Doð efne swa.

c1450 (c1415) in W. O. Ross Middle Eng. Serm. (1940) 255 (MED) For lik as oure princes and lordes spoyleth and robbeþ þer suggettus..euen so God suffreþ þe ethen princes to robb and spoile oure lordes.

a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 286 As that the bountee of wisemen euer gothe in a-mendement, euen so the malices of fooles gothe daily in a-peirement.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Aiiii Like as the byrde in a cage..can nat be contented or quyet..Euen so, man in the cage of this worlde..his naturall inclinacion and appetite can neuer be saciat, contented and quieted in this worlde.

1611 Bible (King James) John xvii. 18 Euen so haue I also sent them into the world. View more context for this quotation

1700 W. Congreve Way of World v. 87 Fain. What's here? Damnation! [Reads] A deed of Conveyance... Confusion! Mir. Even so Sir.

1744 G. Berkeley Siris 243 Light and sight..are not the Sun: even so truth and knowledge are not the Good it self, although they approach thereunto.

1828 J. Neal Rachel Dyer 117 You would allow the guilty every possible chance of escape. Even so, judge! every possible chance of escape.

1846 M. Fuller Papers on Lit. & Art i. 76 Like as a fever rages in the blood before we are aware, even so creeps upon the soul this disease.

1892 Pick-me-up 20 Aug. 331/2 Mediæval Monk. And thou lovest him, maiden? Mediæval Maiden. Even so, good father.

1918 A. Hayes Simon de Montfort ii. v. 68 Even so last month those white-browed hills..quaked with some strange seizure.

a1973 J. R. R. Tolkien Silmarillion (1977) xxi. 222 And Níniel sat and shuddered beside the falling water... Even so Brandir found her.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 32^v For though it were easy to mocke it out with saying, that here is spoken not of the easinesse and redinesse of obseruation, but of knowledge: yet euen so, peraduenture it would also leaue some doubte.

1637 J. Buck Treat. Beatitudes vi. 123 I am sicke in bed, but even so, seeing that pleaseth God, what should I say else, but that I am well.

1703 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Hist. Don Quixote IV. lxxiv. 228 Even so said Sampson, honest Sancho has the right Notion of the matter.

1741 J. Wilford Memorials & Characters 649 At last he was free'd from it [sc. employment].., but even so, much Time was spent before he could be settled in it.

1837 M. Edgeworth Tales & Novels XX. 26 There can be nothing, however, but nonsense, Cecilia says; yet even so, love-letters he must know they are.

1860 Monthly Relig. Mag. Mar. 143 Even so, I cannot see what these dogmas all signify to you and me.

1944 G. Myrdal Amer. Dilemma II. xxix. 615 Even so, the very existence of the privilege is a sign of change.

1998 F. Rutledge Bible & N.Y. Times 111 I had only been through town a few times, but even so, I was affected.

2012 Daily Tel. 6 Mar. 20/4 Unemployment, which hit a 16-year-high of 2.67 million last month, is heading for the three million mark. Even so, talk of a double-dip recession is receding.

OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Num. (Claud.) xiv. 4 Vton us gesettan efne nu heretogan & uton gecyrran to Egypta lande.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xcvi. f. cxxix^v/1 By cause that y^u hast axed the medfulnesse of god mekely. thou shalt haue it euyn now.

1586 C. Fetherston tr. F. Hotman Brutish Thunderbolt 186 The Lord Peter said, This our brother desireth to be healed, and..S. Paul answered, He shall be healed euen now.

1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 309 A wee gliff o' a bit passing squall that wull be ower ye'vennow.

1898 Shetland News 20 Aug. I'll be in eenoo.

1909 D. Houston 'E Silkie Man 6 'E fleed 'll be doon on's ae noo.

1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) xcv. sig. Aa.iiii^v Euen nowe I apperceyue it.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 28 These shanks are to be rivetted (as you were taught even now).

1773 R. Fergusson Poems (1925) 65 There's einow on the earth a set o' men, Wha, if they get their private pouches lin'd, Gie na a winnelstrae for a' mankind.

1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 339 I mauna say you mair e'en-now, As our acquaintance is sae new.

1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. xi. 133 They're dong cheap i' the market enoo, so its nae great compliment.

1859 A. Walker Hours Off & On Sentry 39 Our days o' sport when we were weans thegither..are a' risin' up in my mind e'enoo.

1913 Gas Age 15 Mar. 286/2 Hundreds of managers who are even now waiting to see whether a lighting campaign will pay.

1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xvii. 187 No doubt this fiend in butler's shape was even now on his way east with the stuff in his jeans.

1958 B. Pym Glass of Blessings iii. 38 He was even now preparing them a delicious sole véronique.

1992 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 31 Oct. ‘Ye get on fine ivnoo,’ said Sandy. ‘Aye, bit we're nae merried ivnoo.’

1511 H. Watson tr. St. Bernardino Chirche of Euyll Men & Women sig. D.viii There is foure murderers y^t euen nowe hathe cut the throte of a marchaunt or twayne.

a1515 A. Williamson in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1874) I. p. xxiii Ewyn now wils I vas vrittyng this copy..ther come a post.

1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 71 As we said euen now.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 28 These shanks are to be rivetted (as you were taught even now).

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 100 But even now Thy voice was at sweet tremble in mine ear.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. ix. 210 Was it indeed yourself whom I saw even now?

1898 Weekly Free Press (Aberdeen) 25 June We wis sair needin' a skeely body like you eenoo.

1992 J. J. Graham Strife in Valley xviii. 101 I was oot eenoo for a kishie o paets an as I cam oot benort da hoose I was awaar o [etc.].

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. i. f. 5 Ane biggare can nocht make ane euin vp wal without direction of his lyne.

1844 Whig Standard (Washington) 10 Sept. 3/1 I am always open for a bet of $5,000, even up, upon the general result.

1895 Magistrate & Constable (Lebanon, Pa.) 21 Mar. 18/2 ‘And you bet him?’ ‘Oh yes. Bet him $20 even up.’

1913 F. W. Becker Home Rule for Eliza vii. 90 What d'ye say, I'll bet you two dollars even up on ‘Shellbark’.

1979 Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa) 14 Sept. 13/2 We've got a guy in our backshop willing to bet even-up for Iowa when they take on Oklahoma at Norman Saturday.

2003 S. C. Fedewa & M. H. Fedewa Man in Motion xxvii. 207 Emil had wanted to bet ‘even up’ and put $100 on the table, but Steve wasn't as confident of his team's ability to win outright.

1940 ‘The Growler’ Women Diplomacy in W. Indian Rhythm (2006) (CD lyrics booklet) 279 If you're sick, they don't care how you feel You have to bring the money even self you have to steal.

1990 M. Collins Rain Darling 139 All I will ask you is to drop me on the airport please. And even self you don't want to do that, I sure I could find me way.

2014 C. Kato Other People's Children & Other Stories 15 Even self you fit send am message home, e go bring you reply.

1980 F. Osofisan Once upon Four Robbers iii. 40 Even self, if we elect Lady President one day, no white man go fit to fuck am.

1986 T. A. Onwueme Cattle Egret versus Nama in Ban Empty Barn 141 Even self, people dey hask me say whether na de baby wey get belle conceive wan born pickin or whether na my woman.

2012 M.-S. I. Dumletam De Blackman's Smile (e-book, accessed 7 Aug. 2017) I no dey know broder, i no dey sabi sista Even self, papa andi mama no concern nam.

1981 L. Valls What a Pistarckle! (at cited word) E ain' even-self tell me.

2000 N. Hopkinson Midnight Robber 42 You ain't even self know if Antonio going to challenge you.

2010 @MZ_AKEILA 30 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) They can't even self get in de blasted yard.