Part of speech: particle, relative pronoun, conjunction
1. who, which, what; 2. when, after that; 3. (there) where; 4. than; twǽm læs þe twéntiȝ wintra two less than twenty winters/years; 5. (in hwæþer ... þe) or; if; hwæþer hé wacode ðe slépte whether he was awake or asleep
Etymology
[Mod E THE (the ... the – in constructions like “the more, the better”, etc) ← Instr case of demonstr pron se]
Paradigm
3.1. Demonstrative pronouns
3.1.1. Demonstrative pronoun se, séo, þæt (that)
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declension of the demonstrative pronoun
se, séo, þæt
(that) |
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| singular number | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | se | séo | þæt |
| genitive | þæs | þǽre | þæs |
| dative | þǽm, þám | þǽre | þǽm, þám |
| instrumental | þý, þon | þǽre | þý, þon |
| accusative | þone | þá | þæt |
| plural number | |||
| all genders | |||
| nominative | þá | ||
| genitive | þára, þǽra | ||
| dative (instrumental) | þǽm, þám | ||
| accusative | þá | ||
3.1.2. Demonstrative pronoun þes, þéos, þis (this)
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declension of the demonstrative pronoun
þes, þéos, þis
(this) |
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| singular number | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | þes | þéos | þis |
| genitive | þises, þisses | þisse | þises, þisses |
| dative | þisum, þissum | þisse | þisum, þissum |
| instrumental | þisse | þisse | þisse |
| accusative | þisne | þás | þis |
| plural number | |||
| all genders | |||
| nominative | þás | ||
| genitive | þissa | ||
| dative (instrumental) | þisum, þissum | ||
| accusative | þás | ||
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