þeir

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See also: their

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þeir.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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þeir m

  1. (personal pronoun): nominative plural of the word hann meaning "he"; literally meaning "they"
  2. (demonstrative pronoun):, plural of

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse þeirra.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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þeir (nominative pronoun þei)

  1. Third-person plural genitive determiner: their[3]

Pronoun

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þeir (nominative pronoun þei)

  1. Third-person plural possessive pronoun: theirs, of them

Descendants

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  • English: their
  • Scots: thair

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References

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  1. ^ Brink, Daniel (1992) “Variation between <þ-> and <t-> in the Ormulum”, in Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr and Robert L. Kyes, editors, On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; 68), De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 21-35.
  2. ^ Thurber, Beverly A. (2011 February 15) “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 65-81.
  3. ^ their(e,, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 June 2018.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *þai (they, those), plural masculine of *sa (that). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹 (þai).

    Pronoun

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    þeir

    1. those (nominative plural masculine demonstrative pronoun)
    2. they (third-person nominative plural masculine personal pronoun)

    Declension

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    Alternative forms

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    Nominative

    Accusative

    Dative

    Genitive

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