þeim

See also: theim

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eiːm

Pronoun

  1. them, dative plural form of hann meaning "he"
  2. them, dative plural form of hún meaning "she"
  3. them, dative plural form of það meaning "it"



Middle English

Pronoun

þeim

  1. Alternative form of þem

References


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þaimaz, dative plural of *sa (that). Cognate with Old English þǣm, þām, Old Saxon them, Old High German dem, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 (þaim).

Pronoun

þeim

  1. them, those (third-person dative plural personal pronoun)
  2. them, those (dative plural demonstrative pronoun)

Declension



Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: dem
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: deim
  • Swedish: dem
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