þeir
See also: their
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
þeir m
- (personal pronoun): nominative plural of the word hann meaning "he"; literally meaning "they"
- (demonstrative pronoun):, plural of sá
See also
Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person 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 | third person feminine | third person 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 |
Middle English
Alternative forms
- þeire, þeyr, þeyre, their, theire, theyr, theyre, þer, þere, ther, there, þair, þaire, þayr, thair, thaire, thayre, þar, þare, thar, thare, þaier, thiere, þur, þeȝȝre, yeir, yar, yair, yaire, tar, teȝȝre
Etymology
Determiner
þeir (nominative pronoun þei)
- Third-person plural possessive determiner: their
Descendants
References
- “their(e, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 June 2018.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þai (“they, those”), plural masculine of *sa (“that”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹 (þai).
Pronoun
þeir
- those (nominative plural masculine demonstrative pronoun)
- they (third-person nominative plural masculine personal pronoun)
Declension
Old Norse personal pronouns
number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | ek | þú | hann | hon, hón, hǫ́n | þat | |
accusative | mik | þik | sik | hann | hana, hána | þat |
dative | mér | þér | sér | hánum, hónum, hǫ́num | henni | því |
genitive | mín | þín | sín | hans | hennar | þess |
case | dual | |||||
nominative | vit | it, þit | ||||
accusative | okkr | ykkr | sik | |||
dative | okkr | ykkr | sér | |||
genitive | okkar | ykkar | sín | |||
case | plural | plural masculine | plural feminine | plural neuter | ||
nominative | vér | ér, þér | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | oss | yðr | sik | þá | þær | þau |
dative | oss | yðr | sér | þeim | þeim | þeim |
genitive | vár | yðar, yðvar | sín | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra |
Old Norse demonstrative pronouns
Descendants
Categories:
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːr
- Icelandic terms with homophones
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic terms with usage examples
- Icelandic personal pronouns
- Icelandic pronoun forms
- Middle English terms derived from Old Norse
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
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