þeira
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- þeirra – Icelandic-Faroese
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þaizǫ̂, genitive plural of *sa (“that”). Cognate with Old English þāra, Old Saxon thero, Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 (þizē).
Pronoun
þeira
- genitive plural of sá
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, hánn | hana, hána | þat |
| dative | mér | þér | sér | hánum, hónum | henni | því |
| genitive | mínn, minn | þínn, þinn | sínn, sinn | hans, háns | hennar | þess |
| case | dual | |||||
| nominative | vit | it, þit | ||||
| accusative | okkr | ykkr | sik | |||
| dative | okkr | ykkr | sér | |||
| genitive | okkarr | ykkarr | sínn, sinn | |||
| 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 | várr | yðarr, yðvarr | sínn, sinn | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra | þeira, 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 | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra |
Descendants
- Icelandic: þeirra
- Faroese: teirra
- Norwegian Nynorsk: deira
- Old Swedish: þēra
- Swedish: deras
- Old Danish: theræ
- → Middle English: þeir
- English: their
- Scots: thair