tey

EnglishEdit

Derived from Middle English teies, teyse, taken as a plural, from Anglo-Norman teice, from Old French teise, toise.

tey (plural teys)

(historical) An English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.
- 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 171:
  The tey or toise, the modern fathom, is employed as a measure of rope.

tey n pl

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	tann (sá)†	tann (sú)†	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tann	ta (tí) (tá)†	tað
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	tess	teirrar	tess

Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	teir (tá)†	tær	tey
Dative (hvørjumfall)	teimum (teim)†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	teirra

Faroese personal pronouns

Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal)	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person masc.	3^rd person fem.	3^rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg, jeg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg, mjeg	teg, tjeg	hann	hana	tað
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara, hans^†	hennara, hennar^†	tess

Plural (fleirtal)	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person masc.	3^rd person fem.	3^rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum	teir	tær	tey
Dative (hvørjumfall)	okkum	tykkum	teimum, teim^†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra