þeim

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See also: theim

Icelandic

  Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative ég, eg†, ek† þú hann hún, hon†, hón† það, þat†
accusative mig, mik† þig, þik† hann hana það, þat†
dative mér þér honum, hánum† henni því
genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
plural first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative við þið, þit† þeir þær þau
accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

Pronunciation

Pronoun

þeim

  1. (personal pronoun): them, dative plural form of hann meaning "he"
  2. (personal pronoun): them, dative plural form of hún meaning "she"
  3. (personal pronoun): them, dative plural form of það meaning "it"


Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronoun

þeim

  1. Alternative form of þem (“them”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þaimaz, dative plural of *sa (“that”). Cognate with Old English þǣm, þām, Old Saxon them, Old High German dem, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 (þaim).

Pronoun

þeim

  1. masculine dative singular of sá
  2. dative plural of sá

Declension

Old Norse personal pronouns
number first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative ek þú hann hón, hǫ́n þat
accusative mik þik sik hann hana, hána þat
dative mér þér sér hánum, hónum, hǫ́num henni því
genitive mín þín sín hans hennar þess
case dual
nominative vit it, þit
accusative okkr ykkr sik
dative okkr ykkr sér
genitive okkar ykkar sín
case plural plural masculine plural feminine plural neuter
nominative vér ér, þér þeir þær þau
accusative oss yðr sik þá þær þau
dative oss yðr sér þeim þeim þeim
genitive vár yðar, yðvar sín þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra


Old Norse demonstrative pronouns
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sá sú þat
accusative þann þá þat
dative þeim þeirri því, þí
genitive þess þeirrar þess
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative þeir þær þau
accusative þá þær þau
dative þeim þeim þeim
genitive þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra


Descendants

  • Icelandic: þeim
  • Faroese: teimum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: deim
  • Old Swedish: þem, them
  • Danish: dem
    • Norwegian Bokmål: dem
  • → Middle English: þem
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