þey
Icelandic
Etymology
Compare þegiðu (“shut up”) the viðskeyttur boðháttur of þegja (“to be silent”), þögn (“silence”) and þagga (“to silence”).
Interjection
þey!
- 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.
- Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
Middle English
Pronoun
þey (accusative þem, genitive þeyres, þeyren, possessive determiner þeyr)
- Alternative form of þei (“they”)
Numeral
þey
- Alternative form of tweyn (“two”)
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