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Old English · adverb

þy

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/θyː/
Syllables
θyː (1 syllable)

þy1 · adverb

Senses

  1. therefore, for this reason, on that account; because, since; then

    And þȳ is nū geworden wīde and sīde tō ful yfelan gewunan

    and therefore it has now become an evil custom far and wide. (Sermo Lupi)

  2. the

    […]; for ðære wilnunga hi hit forleton, & woldon ðæt her þy mara wisdom on londe wære ðy we ma geðioda cuðon.

    […], for that desire, they abandoned it, and wished that, here, the more wisdom there would be in the land the more languages we knew.

    late 9th c., King Alfred, Gregory's Pastoral (Cotton MSS.)

þy2 · article · inflected form

Senses

  1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of sē

  2. Inflected form of sē

þy3 · conjunction

Senses

  1. for the reason that, by reason of; because, since; then

þy4 · determiner · inflected form

Senses

  1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of sē

  2. Inflected form of sē

þy5 · pronoun · inflected form

Senses

  1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of sē

  2. Inflected form of sē

Etymology

From an earlier *þiu, apparently formed from the demonstrative base *þi- with the nominal instrumental ending -ō. Cognate with Old Frisian þiu, Old Saxon þiu, Old High German diu, Old Norse því, Gothic (þē).

Descendants

the

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