þey
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare þegiðu (“shut up”) the viðskeyttur boðháttur of þegja (“to be silent”), þögn (“silence”) and þagga (“to silence”).
Interjection[edit]
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[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
þey (accusative þem, genitive þeyres, þeyren, possessive determiner þeyr)
- Alternative form of þei (“they”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Determiner[edit]
þey
- Alternative form of þi (“thy”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
þey
- (Northern) Alternative form of þe (“thee”)
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
þey (plural þeies)
- Alternative form of þigh (“thigh”)
Etymology 5[edit]
Adverb[edit]
þey
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þouȝ (“though”)
Conjunction[edit]
þey
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þouȝ (“though”)
Etymology 6[edit]
Numeral[edit]
þey
- Alternative form of tweyn (“two”)