Old English · article
þæt
- Part of speech
- article
- IPA
- /θæt/
- Syllables
- θæt (1 syllable)
þæt1 · article · inflected form
Senses
nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: the
Inflected form of sē
þæt2 · conjunction
Senses
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 mondryhtenso (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: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
nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that
Inflected form of sē
þæt4 · pronoun · neuter
Senses
(accusative)(nominative)(singular)nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that, that one
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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