Gothic

Romanization

þē

1. Romanization of 𐌸𐌴

Middle English

Article

þe

1. the
   • 1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, ISBN 1163911380, page 63:

     Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.

   • 1431, A rem' that William Baker, Pewtrer, & John Hetheman [made] the first day of May, þ^eȝere of kynge herry þe vj^e, after þe conquest x^e. — Henry Littlehales (editor), The Medieval Records of a London City Church, page 26.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θe/

Particle

þe ‎(indeclinable, relative)

1. that, who, which
   • Ne fyrhteð þa þe on synnum lyfiað. Do not fear those who live in sin. (Ælfwine's Prayerbook)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeː/

Pronoun

þē m

1. (personal) you (compare thee): accusative/dative singular form of þū (compare thou)

Etymology 3

From earlier se, through influence of the þ- forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeː/

Article

þē m

1. (demonstrative) the, he: late variant of se

Descendants

• Middle English: the
  • English: the, ye