þæt

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Old English

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Article

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þæt n

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of : the

Determiner

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þæt n

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of : that

Pronoun

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þæt n

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of : that, that one
  2. (exophoric) they, that, those (regardless of gender and number; compare Old Norse þat, Dutch dat)
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
      Hwæt synd ða lytlan ðe he wolde habban up to his rice? Þæt synd ða eaðmodan.
      Who are the little ones that he would raise up to his kingdom? They are the humble."

Conjunction

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þæt

  1. that
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      þinċeð him on mōde · þæt hē his mondryhten
      clyppe ond cysse, · ond on cnēo leċġe
      it seems to him on mind that he would his man-lord
      hug and kiss, and on knee would put.
  2. so (so that)
    • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30[1]:
      Ful oft mec ġesīþas sendað æfter hondum, þæt mec weras ond wīf wlonce cyssað.
      Very oft companions send me from hand to hand so that proud men and women kiss me.
  3. without (followed by a negative phrase)
    Hū meaht þū swā swīðe þenċan þæt þū ne beġiete hēafodeċe?
    How can you think so much without getting a headache?

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: that
    • English: that
    • Scots: that
    • Yola: at, et, thet, that, th', y'at

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat.

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Pronoun

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þæt

  1. it
  2. that

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