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Old Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Originally accusative of sā, from Old Norse sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa.
Pronoun
þæn
- (demonstrative pronoun): that
Declension
Declension of þæn, sā(r)
| singular
|
masculine
|
feminine
|
neuter
|
| nominative
|
þæn, sā(r)
|
þē, þø̄n, sū
|
þæt
|
| accusative
|
þæn
|
þā, þē
|
þæt
|
| dative
|
þēm, þæm
|
þēri
|
þȳ, þī
|
| genitive
|
þæs
|
þēra
|
þæs
|
| plural
|
masculine
|
feminine
|
neuter
|
| nominative
|
þēr
|
þā(r)
|
þø̄(n), þē
|
| accusative
|
þā, þē
|
þā(r)
|
þø̄(n), þē
|
| dative
|
þēm, þø̄m, þom
|
þēm, þø̄m, þom
|
þēm, þø̄m, þom
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| genitive
|
þēra
|
þēra
|
þēra
|
Notes: The nominatives sā(r) and sū are only attested in the earliest texts from the 13th century. These forms had fallen out of use by the 14th century.
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