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þeir
þeir
See also: their
Icelandic
Pronoun
þeir m
- (personal pronoun): nominative plural of the word hann meaning "he"; literally meaning "they"
- (demonstrative pronoun):, plural of sá
See also
Icelandic personal pronouns
| Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
| singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
| nominative | ég, eg†, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
| accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
| dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
| genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
| plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
| nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
| accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
| dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
| genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra | |
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þai (“they, those”), plural masculine of *sa (“that”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹 (þai).
Pronoun
þeir
- those (nominative plural masculine demonstrative pronoun)
- they (third-person nominative plural masculine personal pronoun)
Declension
Old Norse personal pronouns
| number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
| nominative | ek | þú | hann | hon, hón | þat | |
| accusative | mik | þik | sik | hann | hana, hána | þat |
| dative | mér | þér | sér | hánum, honum, hónum | henni | því |
| genitive | mín | þín | sín | hans | hennar | þess |
| case | dual | |||||
| nominative | vit | it, þit | ||||
| accusative | okr, okkr | ykr, ykkr | sik | |||
| dative | okr, okkr | ykr, ykkr | sér | |||
| genitive | okkar | ykkar | sín | |||
| case | plural | plural masculine | plural feminine | plural neuter | ||
| nominative | vér | ér, þér | þeir | þær | þau | |
| accusative | oss | yðr | sik | þá | þær | þau |
| dative | oss | yðr | sér | þeim | þeim | þeim |
| genitive | vár | yðar, yðvar | sín | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra |
Old Norse demonstrative pronouns