þem

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === them, þeim, þeime, þeym, þeyme, þeme, þaim, þaime, þaym, þayme, þam, þame, þeȝȝm þaem, yem, yam, yame, yham (Northern) yem, yam, yame, yham (northeast Midland) taim, taym, tam (Northern, after t or d) === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse þeim. Compare hem (“them”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /θæi̯m/, /ðæi̯m/, (originally unstressed) /ðɛm/ ==== Pronoun ==== þem (nominative þei) Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them (reflexive) themselves ===== Descendants ===== English: them, thame Scots: thaim, them ===== See also ===== ===== References ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Determiner ==== þem (Southwest) alternative form of þan (“the, that, this”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== þem (plural þemes) alternative form of teme (“family, tribe”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== þem (third-person singular simple present þemeþ, present participle þemende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle þemed) alternative form of temen (“to produce offspring”)