þæt

See also: ðæt

Old English

Alternative forms

• þet — Kentish, Mercian
• ꝥ, ðæt, ðat
• ᚦᚫᛏ (þæt) — Ruthwell Cross

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Article

þæt n

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: the

Determiner

þæt n

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that

Pronoun

þæt n

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of sē: that, that one
2. (exophoric) they, that, those (regardless of gender and number; compare Old Norse þat, Dutch dat)
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"

     Hwæt synd ða lytlan ðe he wolde habban up to his rice? Þæt synd ða eaðmodan.

     Who are the little ones that he would raise up to his kingdom? They are the humble."

Conjunction

þæt

1. that
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     þinċeð him on mōde · þæt hē his mondryhten
     clyppe ond cysse, · ond on cnēo leċġe

     it seems to him on mind that he would his man-lord
     hug and kiss, and on knee would put.

2. so (so that)
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30‎^[1]:

     Ful oft mec ġesīþas sendað æfter hondum, þæt mec weras ond wīf wlonce cyssað.

     Very oft companions send me from hand to hand so that proud men and women kiss me.

3. without (followed by a negative phrase)

   Hū meaht þū swā swīðe þenċan þæt þū ne beġiete hēafodeċe?

   How can you think so much without getting a headache?

Derived terms

• nā þæt
• þæt is

Descendants

• Middle English: that
  • English: that
  • Scots: that
  • Yola: at, et, thet, that, th', y'at

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• thet, thz, ᚦᛅᛏ

Etymology

From Old Norse þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθæt/

Pronoun

þæt

1. it
2. that

Declension

Old Swedish personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	first		iak, iæk	mik, mek	mǣ(r), mik	mīn
	second		þū	þik	þǣ(r), þik	þīn
	third	m	han		hōnum, hānum	hans
		f	hōn	hana, hōna	hænni	hænna(r)
		n	þæt		þȳ, þī	þæs
Dual	first		vit	oker		okar
	second		it	*iker		*ikar
plural	first		vī(r)	os, ōs		vār
	second		ī(r)	iþer		iþar
	third	m	þē(r)	þā	þēm, þø̄m, þom	þēra
		f	þā(r)
		n	þø̄n, þē(n)
reflexive			–	sik	sǣ(r), sik	sīn

Descendants

• Swedish: det