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þeim

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See also: theim

Icelandic

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Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ég, eg, ek þú hann hún, hon, hón það, þat
accusative mig, mik þig, þik hann hana það, þat
dative mér þér honum, hánum henni því
genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
plural first person second person third person
masculine feminine neuter
nominative við þið, þit þeir þær þau
accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

Archaic. See also honorific pronouns.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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þeim

  1. (personal pronoun): them, dative plural form of hann meaning "he"
    Tveir strákar komu í heimsókn. Viltu ekki færa þeim eitthvaðborða?
    Two boys visited. Won't you bring them something to eat?
  2. (personal pronoun): them, dative plural form of hún meaning "she"
  3. (personal pronoun): them, dative plural form of það meaning "it"


Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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þeim

  1. alternative form of þem (them)

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þaimaz, dative plural of *sa (that). Cognate with Old English þǣm, þām, Old Saxon them, Old High German dem, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 (þaim).

Pronoun

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þeim

  1. masculine dative singular of
  2. dative plural of

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: þeim
  • Faroese: teimum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: deim
  • Old Swedish: þem, them
  • Old Danish: þæm, thæm
    • Danish: dem
    • Norwegian Bokmål: dem
  • Middle English: þem