þey

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.

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Middle English

Pronoun

þey

1. Alternative form of þei

References

• “thei (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 May 2018.

Determiner

þey

1. Alternative form of þi

References

• “thin, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.