conj. Forms: 4 al þaȝ, al þauȝ, al þeȝ, 4–5 al thogh, al though(e, al they, al thouh, 4–6 althogh, 5 alle thoȝe, all þaw, alle, þawe, 5–6 althof, althow, 4– although. [Orig. two words, see ALL C 10. All though was originally more emphatic than though, but by 1400 it was practically only a variant of it, and all having thus lost its independent force, the phrase was written as one word. See also THOUGH.] Even though, though … even; though; be it that, granting that, supposing that.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., A. 758. My dere destyné Me ches to hys make alþaȝ vnmete.
[c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron., 23. Þof alle þat he werred in wo.]
c. 1360. Mercy, in E. E. Poems (1862), 123. Al þauȝ i kouþe, yf þat i wolde.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Prol., 737. He may not spare, although he were his brother [v.r. al thogh, althogh, al they, al though, al þouhe].
c. 1420. Chron. Vilod., 883. All þaw þay hadde þis gold þus y stole.
1440. Shirley, Dethe of James, 7. Althofe he fonde colourabill wais to serve his entent.
1577. Vautroullier, Luther’s Ep. Gal., 7. Although I am a sinner by the lawe … yet I despaire not.
1676. Hale, Contempl., I. 87. Although that this was the very end for which he came into the World.
1692. E. Walker, Epictetus Mor., xlii. Your Head but weak, altho’ your Lungs be strong.
1795. Southey, Joan of Arc, iii. 474, Wks. I. 47. Although thy life or sin were free.
1881. N. T. (revised), Mark xiv. 29. Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.
