thye

thye

1. Obsolete spelling of thy.

• hyte, they, ythe

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰjɛ˧]
• Hyphenation: thye

thye

1. alternative form of thi

• Li Jianfu (2017) A Descriptive Grammar of Namuyi Khatho spoken by Namuyi Tibetans‎^[1], Victoria: La Trobe University (PhD Thesis), page 374

• thaye, thaay, thaaye, a

From Middle English þay, ay, from Old Norse þeir.

• IPA^(key): /ðiː/, /ðeː/, /ðai̯/, /aː/
• Homophones: thee, thay

thye

1. they
   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:

     Lhaung mye thye live in prosperitee;

     Long may they live in prosperity;

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 72