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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English þēs, þēos, þis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θeːs/, /ðeːs/, /ˈθeːz(ə)/, /ˈðeːz(ə)/
Determiner
þes
- these
- þese, þece, þez, þeze, þeis, þeise, þis, þise, þeys, þeyse, þys, þyse, dese, dyse, þiȝe, þyȝe, tys, yece, yese, yesse, yeis, yeys, yeise, yeyse, yeus, yhese, yise, yisse, yies, yiese, ȝese, ȝeyse, ȝise, ȝyse
- þies, þiese, þyes, þyese (Northern); þiez, yes, yis, þyez (East Anglia); þeos, þeose (West Midland); þeos, þeose (Southwest Midland); þæs (early Southwest Midland); þeus, þeuse, þus, þuse (Southwest)
- tes (Early Middle English, following t); teos (early Southwest, following d)
Pronoun
þes
- these
- þese, þesse, þez, þeis, þeise, þis, þise, þies, þiese, þiez, þeys, þeyse, þys, þyse, þyes, þyese, þyez
- þeos, þeose, þuse, þeus, þues (Southwest)
- þeos, þeose, þuse (Southwest Midland)
Descendants
References
- “thēs(e, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “thēs(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Determiner
þes
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þas (“the, that, this”)
Pronoun
þes
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þas (“of that, of this”)
Etymology 3
Determiner
þes
- Alternative form of þis (“this”)
Pronoun
þes
- Alternative form of þis (“this”)
Adverb
þes
- 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)
- 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)
- this
Declension
In later language the feminine genitive, dative, and instrumental singular is also þissere, þisre, and the genitive plural is also þissera, þisra.
References