þær

See also: yär-

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Icelandic

Pronoun

þær f pl

1. (personal pronoun): they (referring to an all-female group), nominative plural of the word hún meaning "she"

   Þær elska þær.

   They (the girls) love them (the girls).

2. (personal pronoun): them (referring to an all-female group), accusative plural of the word hún meaning "she"

   Þær elska þær.

   They (the girls) love them (the girls).

See also

  Icelandic personal pronouns

Icelandic personal pronouns
singular	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	ég, eg†, ek†	þú	hann	hún, hon†, hón†	það, þat†
accusative	mig, mik†	þig, þik†	hann	hana	það, þat†
dative	mér	þér	honum, hánum†	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	hans	hennar	þess
plural	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	við	þið, þit†	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	okkur	ykkur	þá	þær	þau
dative	okkur	ykkur	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	okkar	ykkar	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þar, whence also Old High German dār, Old Norse þar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θæːr/

Adverb

þǣr

1. (Mercian) there

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *þōz (“they, those”), plural feminine of *sa (“that”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐍉𐍃 (þōs).

Pronoun

þær

1. they, them (third-person nominative and accusative plural feminine personal pronoun)
2. those (nominative and accusative plural feminine demonstrative pronoun)

Declension

Old Norse personal pronouns

number	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	ek	þú		hann	hon, hón	þat
accusative	mik	þik	sik	hann	hana, hána	þat
dative	mér	þér	sér	hánum, honum, hónum	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	sín	hans	hennar	þess
case	dual
nominative	vit	it, þit
accusative	okr, okkr	ykr, ykkr	sik
dative	okr, okkr	ykr, ykkr	sér
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sín
case	plural			plural masculine	plural feminine	plural neuter
nominative	vér	ér, þér		þeir	þær	þau
accusative	oss	yðr	sik	þá	þær	þau
dative	oss	yðr	sér	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	vár	yðar, yðvar	sín	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

Old Norse demonstrative pronouns

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sá	sú	þat
accusative	þann	þá	þat
dative	þeim	þeirri	því, þí
genitive	þess	þeirrar	þess
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	þá	þær	þau
dative	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

Descendants

• Faroese: tær

• Icelandic: þær

Etymology 2

Adverb

þær

1. Alternative form of þar

Descendants

• Danish: der

• Norwegian: der
• Swedish: där
• Westrobothnian: der