# þe
## Gothic
### Romanization

þē
* Romanization of 𐌸𐌴

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English þē (“the; he”), a late variant of sē, the þ- from the oblique stem replacing the earlier s-, which occurred in the nominative singular masculine and feminine only.

#### Alternative forms

* the, thi, thy, þͤ, þᵉ, þi, þy

#### Pronunciation

* (stressed) IPA: /θeː/, /ðeː/
* (unstressed) IPA: /ðɛ/, /ði/, /ð/
* (after /t/, /d/, especially early) IPA: /teː/, /tɛ/

#### Article

þe
* 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.Don't bring the two pieces of the bone that is broken or dislocated together until 8 days have passed if it's winter or 5 days if it's summer; otherwise it will make pus and be sicker from swelling. After the time has passed bring together the pieces or the dislocation according to the teaching that shall be said in the chapter entitled 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.

##### Descendants

* English: the
* Fingallian: tha
* Scots: the
* Yola: a

### Etymology 2

From Old English þē (“you, thee”), accusative and dative form of þū.

#### Alternative forms

* the, þee, thee, ðe, þi, thi, þy, thy, thie, þeo, te, þhe, de, thei, yhe, ye

#### Pronunciation

* (stressed) IPA: /θeː/, /ðeː/
* (unstressed) IPA: /ðɛ/, /ði/
* (after /t/) IPA: /teː/, /tɛ/

#### Pronoun

þe (nominative þou)
* Second-person singular pronoun indicating a grammatical object: thee, you.

##### Descendants

* English: thee
* Yola: thee

##### See also

| | | | nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | possessive |
| singular | 1st-person | 1st-person | I, ich, ik | me | me | min mi$^1$ | min |
| singular | 2nd-person | 2nd-person | þou | þe | þe | þin þi$^1$ | þin |
| singular | 3rd-person | m | he | him hine$^2$ | him | his | his hisen |
| singular | 3rd-person | f | sche, heo | hire heo | hire | hire | hire hires, hiren |
| singular | 3rd-person | n | hit | hit | hit him$^2$ | his, hit | — |
| dual$^3$ | 1st-person | 1st-person | wit | unk | unk | unker | unker |
| dual$^3$ | 2nd-person | 2nd-person | ȝit | inc | inc | inker | inker |
| plural | 1st-person | 1st-person | we | us, ous | us, ous | oure | oure oures, ouren |
| plural | 2nd-person$^4$ | 2nd-person$^4$ | ye | yow | yow | your | your youres, youren |
| plural | 3rd-person | inh. | he | hem he$^2$ | hem | here | here heres, heren |
| plural | 3rd-person | bor. | þei | þem, þeim | þem, þeim | þeir | þeir þeires, þeiren |
$^1$Used preconsonantally or before h. $^2$Early or dialectal. $^3$Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English. $^4$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

þe
* Alternative form of þei (“they”)

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

þe
* Alternative form of theen

### References

* 1 2 3 Brink, Daniel (1992) “Variation between <þ-> and <t-> in the Ormulum”, in Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr and Robert L. Kyes, editors, On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; 68), De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 21-35.
* 1 2 Thurber, Beverly A. (2011 February 15) “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 65-81.
* ↑ “thẹ̄̆, def. art.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* ↑ “the, pron.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

## Old English
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *þa, from Proto-Indo-European *tó.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θe/

#### Particle

þe (indeclinable, relative)
* that, who, which
** Ne fyrhteð þa þe on synnum lyfiað. ― Do not fear those who live in sin. (Ælfwine's Prayerbook)
** 10th century, The Wanderer:sōhte seledrēoriġ · sinces bryttan, hwǣr iċ feor oþþe nēah · findan meahte þone þe in meoduhealle · mīne wissesought hall-sad a giver of treasure, where I far or near could find who in a mead-hall would know my men

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *þiz.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θeː/

#### Pronoun

þē
* accusative/dative of þū: thee, to you

##### Usage notes

* Originally only dative/instrumental. The Anglian dialects retained the inherited accusative form, þec.

##### Descendants

* English: thee

### Etymology 3

From earlier sē, through influence of the þ- forms.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θeː/

#### Article

þē m
* (demonstrative) the, he: late variant of se

##### Descendants

* Middle English: þe, the, thi, thy, þͤ, þᵉ, þi, þy
** English: the
** Fingallian: tha
** Scots: the
** Yola: a

### Etymology 4
#### Conjunction

þe
* or (correlated to hwæþer)
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
    ...ac mē tōdæġ swā wundorlīce is ġelumpen þæt ic þurh nān þincg ne mæġ ġecnāwan hwæðer þys sȳ Ephesa byriġ þe elles ǣniġ ōþer;...But to-day it has befallen me so wonderfully that I cannot by any means recognise whether this be the city of the Ephesians or else any other.