þys

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See also: thys and -yys

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þyss (“uproar, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þusiz, related to Proto-Germanic *þausōną (“to surge, roar, flow”), from the same source as *þeutaną (“to roar, howl”). Related to German tosen (“to roar, rage”), Old English þys (“tempest, storm”).

Pronunciation

Noun

þys m (genitive singular þyss, no plural)

  1. din, rumpus

Declension

Declension of þys (sg-only masculine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative þys þysinn
accusative þys þysinn
dative þys þysnum
genitive þyss þyssins

See also

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Determiner

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Pronoun

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Adverb

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

þys

  1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Pronoun

þys

  1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Old English

Determiner

þȳs

  1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of þes

Pronoun

þȳs

  1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of þes
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