þy

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === thy === Etymology 1 === ==== Determiner ==== þy alternative form of þi (“thy”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Determiner ==== þy (Northern) alternative form of þe (“the”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronoun ==== þy alternative form of þe (“thee”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Pronoun ==== þy alternative form of þei (“they”) === Etymology 5 === ==== Adverb ==== þy alternative form of þe (“the”) === Etymology 6 === ==== Noun ==== þy (plural þyes) alternative form of þigh (“thigh”) == Old English == === Alternative forms === þī, þē === Etymology === From an earlier *þiu, apparently formed from the demonstrative base *þi- with the nominal instrumental ending -ō. Cognate with Old Frisian þiu, Old Saxon þiu, Old High German diu, Old Norse því, Gothic 𐌸𐌴 (þē). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θyː/ Rhymes: -ȳ === Article === þȳ instrumental masculine/neuter singular of sē === Determiner === þȳ instrumental masculine/neuter singular of sē === Pronoun === þȳ instrumental masculine/neuter singular of sē === Adverb === þȳ therefore, for this reason, on that account; because, since; then And þȳ is nū geworden wīde and sīde tō ful yfelan gewunan ― and therefore it has now become an evil custom far and wide. (Sermo Lupi) (used with comparative) the hȳ beoð þȳ gesundran ond þȳ sīgefæstran ― they will be the safer and the more confident of victory. (Anglo-Saxon Riddles) === Conjunction === þȳ for the reason that, by reason of; because, since; then ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: þi, the English: the Scots: the == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse því, possibly from the instrumental interrogative Proto-Germanic *hwī (“how, with what”), with the initial h- replaced by the þ- from the forms of *sa. === Adverb === þy therefore, for that reason ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: ty