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Old English · article

þe

Part of speech
article, masculine
IPA
/θeː/
Syllables
θeː (1 syllable)

þe1 · article · masculine

Senses

  1. the, he: late variant of se

þe2 · conjunction

Senses

  1. or (correlated to hwæþer)

    ...ac mē tōdæġ swā wundorlīce is ġelumpen þæt ic þurh nān þincg ne mæġ ġecnāwan hwæðer þys sȳ Ephesa byriġ þe elles ǣniġ ōþer;...

    But to-day it has befallen me so wonderfully that I cannot by any means recognise whether this be the city of the Ephesians or else any other.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"

þe3 · particle

Senses

  1. that, who, which

    Ne fyrhteð þa þe on synnum lyfiað. ― Do not fear those who live in sin. (Ælfwine's Prayerbook)

þe4 · pronoun · inflected form

Senses

  1. accusative/dative of þū: thee, to you

  2. Inflected form of þū

Etymology

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

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

From Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Descendants

the, thee

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