þe

Article

þe

1. the
   • 1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie."‎, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, →ISBN, page 63:

     Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.

   • 1431, A rem' that William Baker, Pewtrer, & John Hetheman [made] the first day of May, þ^e ȝere of kynge herry þe vj^e, after þe conquest x^e. — Henry Littlehales (editor), The Medieval Records of a London City Church, page 26.

Pronoun

þe (nominative þou)

1. Second-person singular pronoun indicating a grammatical object: thee, you.

References

• “the, (pron.2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

Pronoun

þe

1. Alternative form of þei

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θe/

Particle

þe (indeclinable, relative)

1. that, who, which
   • Ne fyrhteð þa þe on synnum lyfiað. Do not fear those who live in sin. (Ælfwine's Prayerbook)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeː/

Pronoun

þē m

1. (personal) you (compare thee): accusative/dative singular form of þū (compare thou)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeː/

Article

þē m

1. (demonstrative) the, he: late variant of se

Descendants

• Middle English: þe, the
  • Scots: the
  • English: ye, the