þæt

See also: ðæt

Old English

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θæt/

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

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

Descendants

• Swedish: det