eldertongue

Old English · article

þæt

Part of speech
article
IPA
/θæt/
Syllables
θæt (1 syllable)

þæt1 · article · inflected form

Senses

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: the

  2. Inflected form of sē

þæt2 · conjunction

Senses

  1. that

    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.

    þinċeð him on mōde · þæt hē his mondryhten
  2. so (so that)

    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.

    10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30:
  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?

þæt3 · determiner · inflected form

Senses

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that

  2. Inflected form of sē

þæt4 · pronoun · neuter

Senses

  1. (accusative)(nominative)(singular)nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that, that one

  2. they, that, those (regardless of gender and number; compare Old Norse þat, Dutch dat)

    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."

    c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þat.

Descendants

that

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