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English
Etymology 1
Preposition
thoo (nonstandard)
- Pronunciation spelling of through.
Etymology 2
Pronoun
thoo
- (Orkney) Thou; singular informal form of you.
Usage notes
- Historically also used north of the Humber-Lume line in (Northern) England, but now rare there.
Anagrams
Fingallian
Etymology
From Middle English þeou, þeu, þou, from Old English þū,from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū (“you (singular), thou”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you, thou”).
Pronoun
thoo
- thou
Scots
Pronoun
thoo (objective case thee, vocative thee, possessive determiner thee)
- Orkney form of thou
Thoo kens whit hid's like wi a hooseful o folk- You know what it's like with a houseful of folks
Usage notes
- thoo is used to address a friend, a family member or someone younger.
Further reading
- Flaws, Margaret, Lamb, Gregor (1996) The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published 2001, →ISBN