þæt

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þat, representing the Indo-European demonstrative pronouns *te-, *to-, adapted in West Germanic languages as definite articles. Cognate with Old Saxon thē, thiu, that (Low German de and dat), Dutch de and dat, Old High German ther, thiu, thaz (German der, die, das), Old Norse þat, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata), Ancient Greek το (to), Lithuanian tàs m, tà f, Slavic *tъ, *ta, *to (Russian тот (tot), та (ta), то (to)). See also s- stem variants represented by Old English se, sēo.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /θæt/

Pronoun

þæt n

1. definite article: the

   þæt scip: the ship

2. demonstrative adjective: that, those

   þæt gewrit wrat Widsið: Widsith wrote that letter

3. pronoun: it, they

   æfter þam...: after that...

Declension

	Singular			Plural
	m	n	f
nominative	sē	þæt	sēo	þā
accusative	þone	þæt	þā	þā
genitive	þæs	þæs	þǣre	þāra, þǣra
dative	þǣm, þām	þǣm, þām	þǣre	þǣm, þām
instrumental	þȳ, þī, þon

Descendants

• English: that

See also

• sē
• sēo

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þat.

Pronoun

þæt

1. it
2. that

Descendants

• Swedish: det