þes

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See also: yes, thes, and thés

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old English þēs, þēos, þis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeːs/, /ðeːs/, /ˈθeːz(ə)/, /ˈðeːz(ə)/

Determiner

þes

  1. these
Alternative forms

Pronoun

þes

  1. these
Alternative forms

Descendants

  • English: these
  • Middle Scots: thais, thois, theis

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Etymology 2

Determiner

þes

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þas (the, that, this)

Pronoun

þes

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þas (of that, of this)

Etymology 3

Determiner

þes

  1. Alternative form of þis (this)

Pronoun

þes

  1. Alternative form of þis (this)

Adverb

þes

  1. Alternative form of þis (this)

Old English

Etymology

From West Germanic, the base being *þes-, from Proto-Germanic *þat.

Cognate with Old Frisian thīs, Old High German dese, Old Norse þessi.

Pronunciation

Determiner

þēs (demonstrative)

  1. this
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      Forþon iċ ġeþenċan ne mæġ · ġeond þās woruld
      for hwan mōdsefa(n) · mīn(ne) ġesweorce
      Thus I cannot think over through this world
      why would (not) my heart darken

Pronoun

þēs (demonstrative)

  1. this

Declension

In later language the feminine genitive, dative, and instrumental singular is also þissere, þisre, and the genitive plural is also þissera, þisra.

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