thoo

English

Etymology 1

Preposition

thoo

  1. Eye dialect spelling of through.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

thoo

  1. (Orkney) Thou; singular informal form of you.

Usage notes
  • Historically also used north of the Humber-Lume line in (Northern) England, but now rare there.

Anagrams

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English thou, thow, thu, þou, from Old English þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

thoo (objective case thee, vocative thee, possessive determiner thee)

  1. (Orkney) Thou; singular informal form of you
    Thoo kens whit hid's like wi a hooseful o folk
    You know what it's like with a houseful of people

Usage notes
  • thoo is used to address a friend, a family member or someone younger.

Further reading
  • "thoo" in The Orkney Dictionary, 1996, by Margaret Flaws and Gregor Lamb
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