thei

See also: þei

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

thei

Alternative form of þei
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
  And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir…

References

“thei (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 May 2018.

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

thei

(chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of þe

References

“the, (pron.2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθei̯/

Noun

thei

Aspirate mutation of tei.

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