adv. Obs. [f. prec. + -s of adverbial genitive.] = prec.
c. 1375. Cursor M., 1242 (Fairf.). Til seth his sone, þus gates he spake.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 4500. Þus gatis to the gome þen the god saide.
c. 1450. in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems, 108. If I my saule þusgates wil fede.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, II. xii. (xi.) 17. Anchises … Lift … hands to hevin, and thus gatis said.
