þey

See also: yey and they

Icelandic

Etymology

Compare þegiðu (“shut up”) the viðskeyttur boðháttur of þegja (“to be silent”), þögn (“silence”) and þagga (“to silence”).

Interjection

þey!

1. hush!
   • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen

     Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa,

     þurran vill hún blóði væta góm,

     eða líka einhver var að hóa

     undarlega digrum karlaróm;

     útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun

     eru kannske að smala fé á laun.

     Hush, hush, hush, hush,

     the fox howls in the forest,

     wanting to quench his thirst with blood.

     Or - is it someone calling,

     strangely, with a harsh voice?

     Outlawed men, in the vast waste land

     are secretly guarding their stolen sheep.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

þey (accusative þem, genitive þeyres, þeyren, possessive determiner þeyr)

1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

þey

1. Alternative form of þi (“thy”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

þey

1. (Northern) Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

Etymology 4

Noun

þey (plural þeies)

1. Alternative form of þigh (“thigh”)

Etymology 5

Adverb

þey

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þouȝ (“though”)

Conjunction

þey

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þouȝ (“though”)

Etymology 6

Numeral

þey

1. Alternative form of tweyn (“two”)