thei

See also: þei

English

Pronoun

thei

  1. Obsolete spelling of they.
    • 1566, John Knox, The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)‎[1]:
      But potent is he against whome thei faught; for when thay wicked war in greatast securitie, then begane God to schaw his anger.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

thei

  1. alternative spelling of þei (“they”)
    • 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 […]
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Etymology 2

Determiner

thei

  1. alternative spelling of þei (“thy”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

thei

  1. (Northern) alternative spelling of þei (“thee”)

Etymology 4

Noun

thei (plural theies)

  1. alternative spelling of þei (“thigh”)

Etymology 5

Adverb

thei

  1. (Early Middle English) alternative spelling of þei (“though”)

Conjunction

thei

  1. (Early Middle English) alternative spelling of þei (“though”)

Etymology 6

Numeral

thei

  1. alternative spelling of þei (“two”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθei̯/

Noun

thei

  1. aspirate mutation of tei

Mutation

Mutated forms of tei
radical soft nasal aspirate
tei dei nhei thei

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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