þing

Meaning

1. thing

2. matter, concern

3. event, meeting, court

4. case

   Wēn is þæt ēower sum cweðe tō him sylfum on stillum ġeðōhtum, ‘Hwæt forlēton þās ġebrōðru, Petrus and Andrēas, þe for nēan nān ðing næfdon?,’ ac wē sċeolon on þisum ðinge heora ġewilnunge swīðor āsmēaġan þonne heora ġestrēon.

   It is to be expected that one of you in his quiet thoughts say to himself, ‘What did the brothers, Peter and Andrew, leave, who had almost nothing?,’ but in this case we should rather consider their desire than their possession.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"

5. reason

   For ðisum þrym ðingum is ðēs frēolsdæġ Godes swutelung ġecweden."

   For these three reasons this festival is called the Manifestation of God."

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"

6. means

   ...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"

Declension