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Old English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Article
þæt n
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: the
Determiner
þæt n
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that
Pronoun
þæt n
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that, that one
- (exophoric) they, that, those (regardless of gender and number; compare Old Norse þat, Dutch dat)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
Hwæt synd ða lytlan ðe he wolde habban up to his rice? Þæt synd ða eaðmodan.- Who are the little ones that he would raise up to his kingdom? They are the humble."
Conjunction
þæt
- that
- so (so that)
- without (followed by a negative phrase)
Hū meaht þū swā swīðe þenċan þæt þū ne beġiete hēafodeċe?- How can you think so much without getting a headache?
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
þæt
- it
- that
Declension
Old Swedish personal pronouns
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first person
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second person
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reflexive
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third person
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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singular
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nominative
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iak, iæk
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þū
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—
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han
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hōn
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þæt
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accusative
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mik, mek
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þik
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sik
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han
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hana, hōna
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þæt
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dative
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mǣ(r), mik
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þǣ(r), þik
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sǣ(r), sik
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hōnum, hānum
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hænni
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þȳ, þī
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genitive
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mīn
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þīn
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sīn
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hans
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hænna(r)
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þæs
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dual
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nominative
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vit
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it
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—
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—
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—
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—
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accusative
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oker
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*iker
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sik
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—
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—
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—
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dative
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oker
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*iker
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sǣr, sik
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—
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—
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—
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genitive
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okar
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*ikar
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sīn
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—
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—
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—
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plural
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nominative
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vī(r)
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ī(r)
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—
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þē(r)
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þā(r)
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þø̄n, þē(n)
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accusative
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os, ōs
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iþer
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sik
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þā
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þā(r)
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þø̄n, þē(n)
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dative
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os, ōs
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iþer
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sǣr, sik
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þēm, þø̄m, þom
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þēm, þø̄m, þom
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þēm, þø̄m, þom
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genitive
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vār
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iþar
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sīn
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þēra
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þēra
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þēra
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Descendants