Old English · pronoun
þes
Normalised þēs
- Part of speech
- pronoun
- IPA
- /θeːs/
- Syllables
- θeːs (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- this
þes1 · determiner
Senses
-
this
for hwan mōdsefa(n) · mīn(ne) ġesweorce
Thus I cannot think over through this world why would (not) my heart darken
Forþon iċ ġeþenċan ne mæġ · ġeond þās woruld
þes2 · pronoun
Senses
-
this
Inflection
| Form | |
|---|---|
| Nominative singular masculine | þēs |
| Nominative singular feminine | þēos |
| Nominative singular neuter | þis |
| Accusative singular masculine | þisne |
| Accusative singular feminine | þās |
| Accusative singular neuter | þis |
| Genitive singular masculine | þisses |
| Genitive singular feminine | þisreþisse |
| Genitive singular neuter | þisses |
| Dative singular masculine | þissum |
| Dative singular feminine | þisreþisse |
| Dative singular neuter | þissum |
| Instrumental singular masculine | þȳs |
| Instrumental singular feminine | þisreþisse |
| Instrumental singular neuter | þȳs |
| Nominative plural | þās |
| Accusative plural | þās |
| Genitive plural | þissa |
| Dative plural | þissum |
| Instrumental plural | þissum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From West Germanic, the base being *þes-, from Proto-West Germanic *þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate with Old Frisian thīs, Old High German dese, Old Norse þessi.
Descendants
this
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