þe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Article 1.2.1 Quotations 2 Middle English 2.1 Article 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Particle 3.4 Pronoun

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• ðe (obsolete)

[edit] Article

þe

1. Obsolete spelling of the.

[edit] Quotations

• 1533: John Bellenden, Livy’s History of Rome, volume 23, page 227

  Þe said voce was contempnit and necleckit in þe tyme.

• 1901: D Graham McKay, One hundred y ^rs of Þe United Presbyterian Church of Greenville : from þe Shank’s Inne to þe present time, 1901, cover title (Advance Argus Co., printers)

  One hundred y^rs of Þe United Presbyterian Church of Greenville : from þe Shank’s Inne to þe present time, 1901

• 2003: “zbihniew”, alt.language.english.spelling.reform (Google group): Let’s use þorn, the 7^þ day of September at 1:57pm

  why isn’t þorn (thorn) letter used in English language anymore? I þink it’s quite useful as “þ” (th) sound (or sounds as þere are two sounds represented by þis letter or by ‘th’; I mean þis from “þink” and þe oþer from “þe”) is very popular in English language. one of þe most popular English words imho is “þe” which contains þis sound.

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[edit] Middle English

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þe

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

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• (particle) IPA: /ðe/
• (pronoun) IPA: /ðeː/

[edit] Particle

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)

[edit] Pronoun

þē m.

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