þæge

== Old English == === Alternative forms === þage === Etymology === Likely a late borrowing from Old Norse þeir (“they, those”), from Proto-Germanic *þai (“they, those”), making it a doublet of native þā (“those”). Compare English they, a later (c. 1200s) borrowing from the same Old Norse source. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθæ.je/ === Pronoun === þæġe m or n they, these; those, them The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn ==== Usage notes ==== Occurs exclusively in a small number of Late West Saxon texts as a synonym of the more common þā and þās (i.e. in the accusative feminine singular and nominative/accusative plural). ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: þaie Middle English: þaye === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “þæge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.