þy

• thy

þy

1. alternative form of þi (“thy”)

þy

1. (Northern) alternative form of þe (“the”)

þy

1. alternative form of þe (“thee”)

þy

1. alternative form of þei (“they”)

þy

1. alternative form of þe (“the”)

þy (plural þyes)

1. alternative form of þigh (“thigh”)

• þī, þē

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).

• IPA^(key): /θyː/

þȳ

1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of sē

þȳ

1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of sē

þȳ

1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of sē

þȳ

1. 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)
2. (used with comparative) the
   • late 9th c., King Alfred, Gregory's Pastoral (Cotton MSS.):

     […] ; for ðære wilnunga hi hit forleton, & woldon ðæt her þy mara wisdom on londe wære ðy we ma geðioda cuðon.

     […] , for that desire, they abandoned it, and wished that, here, the more wisdom there would be in the land the more languages we knew.

   • hȳ beoð þȳ gesundran ond þȳ sīgefæstran ― they will be the safer and the more confident of victory. (Anglo-Saxon Riddles)

þȳ

1. for the reason that, by reason of; because, since; then

• Middle English: þi, the
  • English: the
  • Scots: the

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.

þy

1. therefore, for that reason

• Swedish: ty