þey

See also: yey and they

Icelandic

Etymology

Compare þegiðu (shut up) the viðskeyttur boðháttur of þegja (to be silent), þögn (silence) and þagga (to silence).

Interjection

þey!

  1. hush!
    • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
      Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa,
      þurran vill hún blóði væta góm,
      eða líka einhver var að hóa
      undarlega digrum karlaróm;
      útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun
      eru kannske að smala fé á laun.
      Hush, hush, hush, hush,
      the fox howls in the forest,
      wanting to quench his thirst with blood.
      Or - is it someone calling,
      strangely, with a harsh voice?
      Outlawed men, in the vast waste land
      are secretly guarding their stolen sheep.

Middle English

Pronoun

þey (accusative þem, genitive þeyres, þeyren, possessive determiner þeyr)

  1. Alternative form of þei (they)

Determiner

þey

  1. Alternative form of þi (thy)

Pronoun

þey

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of þe (thee)

Noun

þey (plural þeies)

  1. Alternative form of þigh (thigh)

Adverb

þey

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þouȝ (though)

Conjunction

þey

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þouȝ (though)

Numeral

þey

  1. Alternative form of tweyn (two)
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