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þys

See also: thys and -yys

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

þys m (genitive singular þyss, no plural)

  1. din, rumpus

Declension edit

declension of þys
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative þys þysinn
accusative þys þysinn
dative þys þysnum
genitive þyss þyssins

See also edit

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

Determiner edit

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Pronoun edit

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Adverb edit

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Etymology 2 edit

Determiner edit

þys

  1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Pronoun edit

þys

  1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Old English edit

Determiner edit

þȳs

  1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of þes

Pronoun edit

þȳs

  1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of þes
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