þæt

See also: ðæt

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θæt/

Article

þæt n

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: the

Determiner

þæt n

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that

Pronoun

þæt n

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that, that one
  2. (exophoric) they, that, those (regardless of gender and number; compare Old Norse þat, Dutch dat)
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
      Hwæt synd ða lytlan ðe he wolde habban up to his rice? Þæt synd ða eaðmodan.
      Who are the little ones that he would raise up to his kingdom? They are the humble."

Conjunction

þæt

  1. that
  2. so (so that)
  3. without (followed by a negative phrase)
    Hū meaht þū swā swīðe þenċan þæt þū ne beġiete hēafodeċe?
    How can you think so much without getting a headache?

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: that
    • English: that
    • Scots: that
    • Yola: at, et, thet, that, th', y'at

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθæt/

Pronoun

þæt

  1. it
  2. that

Declension
Old Swedish personal pronouns
first person second person reflexive third person
masculine feminine neuter
singular
nominative iak, iæk þū — han hōn þæt
accusative mik, mek þik sik han hana, hōna þæt
dative mǣ(r), mik þǣ(r), þik sǣ(r), sik hōnum, hānum hænni þȳ, þī
genitive mīn þīn sīn hans hænna(r) þæs
dual
nominative vit it — — — —
accusative oker *iker sik — — —
dative oker *iker sǣr, sik — — —
genitive okar *ikar sīn — — —
plural
nominative vī(r) ī(r) — þē(r) þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
accusative os, ōs iþer sik þā þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
dative os, ōs iþer sǣr, sik þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom
genitive vār iþar sīn þēra þēra þēra

Descendants
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