þæt
See also: ðæt
Old English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θæt/
- Rhymes: -æt
Article
þæt n
Determiner
þæt n
Pronoun
þæt n
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that, that one
- (exophoric) they, that, those (regardless of gender and number; compare Old Norse þat, Dutch dat)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
- Hwæt synd ða lytlan ðe he wolde habban up to his rice? Þæt synd ða eaðmodan.
- Who are the little ones that he would raise up to his kingdom? They are the humble."
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
Conjunction
þæt
- that
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- þinċeð him on mōde · þæt hē his mondryhten
clyppe ond cysse, · ond on cnēo leċġe- it seems to him on mind that he would his man-lord
hug and kiss, and on knee would put.
- it seems to him on mind that he would his man-lord
- so (so that)
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30[1]:
- Ful oft mec ġesīþas sendað æfter hondum, þæt mec weras ond wīf wlonce cyssað.
- Very oft companions send me from hand to hand so that proud men and women kiss me.
- without (followed by a negative phrase)
- Hū meaht þū swā swīðe þenċan þæt þū ne beġiete hēafodeċe?
- How can you think so much without getting a headache?
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθæt/
Pronoun
þæt
Declension
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first | iak, iæk | mik, mek | mǣ(r), mik | mīn | |
| second | þū | þik | þǣ(r), þik | þīn | ||
| third | m | han | hōnum, hānum | hans | ||
| f | hōn | hana, hōna | hænni | hænna(r) | ||
| n | þæt | þȳ, þī | þæs | |||
| Dual | first | vit | oker | okar | ||
| second | it | *iker | *ikar | |||
| plural | first | vī(r) | os, ōs | vār | ||
| second | ī(r) | iþer | iþar | |||
| third | m | þē(r) | þā | þēm, þø̄m, þom | þēra | |
| f | þā(r) | |||||
| n | þø̄n, þē(n) | |||||
| reflexive | – | sik | sǣ(r), sik | sīn | ||
Descendants
- Swedish: det