þæt
See also: ðæt
Old English edit
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Pronunciation edit
Article edit
þæt n
Determiner edit
þæt n
Pronoun edit
þæt n
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that, that one
- (exophoric) they, that, those (regardless of gender and number; compare Old Norse þat, Dutch dat)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
- Hwæt synd ða lytlan ðe he wolde habban up to his rice? Þæt synd ða eaðmodan.
- Who are the little ones that he would raise up to his kingdom? They are the humble."
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
Conjunction edit
þæt
- that
- so (so that)
- without (followed by a negative phrase)
- Hū meaht þū swā swīðe þenċan þæt þū ne beġiete hēafodeċe?
- How can you think so much without getting a headache?
Derived terms edit
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Old Swedish edit
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Etymology edit
From Old Norse þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
þæt
Declension edit
Old Swedish personal pronouns
first person | second person | reflexive | third person | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | ||||||
nominative | iak, iæk | þū | — | han | hōn | þæt |
accusative | mik, mek | þik | sik | han | hana, hōna | þæt |
dative | mǣ(r), mik | þǣ(r), þik | sǣ(r), sik | hōnum, hānum | hænni | þȳ, þī |
genitive | mīn | þīn | sīn | hans | hænna(r) | þæs |
dual | ||||||
nominative | vit | it | — | — | — | — |
accusative | oker | *iker | sik | — | — | — |
dative | oker | *iker | sǣr, sik | — | — | — |
genitive | okar | *ikar | sīn | — | — | — |
plural | ||||||
nominative | vī(r) | ī(r) | — | þē(r) | þā(r) | þø̄n, þē(n) |
accusative | os, ōs | iþer | sik | þā | þā(r) | þø̄n, þē(n) |
dative | os, ōs | iþer | sǣr, sik | þēm, þø̄m, þom | þēm, þø̄m, þom | þēm, þø̄m, þom |
genitive | vār | iþar | sīn | þēra | þēra | þēra |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: det