þey

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See also: yey and they

Icelandic

Etymology

Compare þegiðu (“shut up”) the viðskeyttur boðháttur of þegja (“to be silent”), þögn (“silence”) and þagga (“to silence”).

Interjection

þey!

  1. hush!
    • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
      Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa,
      þurran vill hún blóði væta góm,
      eða líka einhver var að hóa
      undarlega digrum karlaróm;
      útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun
      eru kannske að smala fé á laun.
      Hush, hush, hush, hush,
      the fox howls in the forest,
      wanting to quench his thirst with blood.
      Or - is it someone calling,
      strangely, with a harsh voice?
      Outlawed men, in the vast waste land
      are secretly guarding their stolen sheep.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

þey (accusative þem, genitive þeyres, þeyren, possessive determiner þeyr)

  1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

þey

  1. Alternative form of þi (“thy”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

þey

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

Etymology 4

Noun

þey (plural þeies)

  1. Alternative form of þigh (“thigh”)

Etymology 5

Adverb

þey

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þouȝ (“though”)

Conjunction

þey

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þouȝ (“though”)

Etymology 6

Numeral

þey

  1. Alternative form of tweyn (“two”)
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