þe

Gothic

Romanization

þē

1. Romanization of 𐌸𐌴

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English þe (“the; he”), a late variant of se.

Alternative forms

• the

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeː/
• (Late ME) IPA^(key): /ðeː/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /teː/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /θɛ/, /θə/, /θ/

Article

þe

1. the
   • 1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie."‎^[1], London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, →ISBN, page 63:

     Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.

     Don't bring the two pieces of the bone that is broken or dislocated together until 8 days have passed if it's winter or 5 days if it's summer; otherwise it will make pus and be sicker from swelling. After the time has passed bring together the pieces or the dislocation according to the teaching that shall be said in the chapter entitled Algebra.

   • 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.

Descendants

• English: the
• Scots: the

Etymology 2

From Old English þē (“you, thee”), accusative and dative form of þū.

Alternative forms

• the, þee, thee, ðe, þi, thi, þy, thy, thie, þeo, te, þhe, de, thei, yhe, ye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeː/
• (Late ME) IPA^(key): /ðeː/

Pronoun

þe (nominative þou)

1. Second-person singular pronoun indicating a grammatical object: thee, you.

Descendants

• English: thee

References

• “the, (pron.2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

þe

1. Alternative form of þei

References

• “thei (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 May 2018.

Etymology 4

From Old English þēon.

Verb

þe

1. Alternative form of theen

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *þa, from Proto-Indo-European *tó, *te-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θe/

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)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeː/

Pronoun

þē

1. accusative/dative of þū: thee, you

Descendants

• English: thee

Etymology 3

From earlier se, through influence of the þ- forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeː/

Article

þē m

1. (demonstrative) the, he: late variant of se

Descendants

• Middle English: þe
  • English: the
  • Scots: the