þe

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þe

  1. Obsolete spelling of the.
    • 1431, A rem' that William Baker, Pewtrer, & John Hetheman [made] the first day of May, þe ȝere of kynge herry þe vje, after þe conquest xe. — Henry Littlehales (editor), The Medieval Records of a London City Church, page 26.

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From Germanic *þa-, from Indo-European *to, *te.

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þe (indeclinable, relative)

  1. that, who, which
    Ne fyrhteð þa þe on synnum lyfiað. Do not fear those who live in sin. (Ælfwine's Prayerbook)

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[edit] Pronoun

þē m.

  1. (personal) you: accusative/dative singular form of þū
  2. (demonstrative) the, he: late variant of se
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