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| <p>Modern scholars write this word ''þū'', | <p>Modern scholars write this word ''þū'', | ||
| to mark that the ''u'' is long.</p> | to mark that the ''u'' is long.</p> | ||
| <p>The whole word would probably have |
<p>The whole word would probably have rhymed with Modern English ''shoe'' — *''thoo''.</p> | ||
| {{Old English personal pronouns (table)}} | {{Old English personal pronouns (table)}} | ||
| ==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
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This redirect is about the Old English personal pronoun. For other uses, see Thu (disambiguation).Þu (Template:IPAEng) was the second-person, singular, personal pronoun (subject case) in Old English.
Modern scholars write this word þū, to mark that the u is long.
The whole word would probably have rhymed with Modern English shoe — *thoo.
| Nominative | IPA | Accusative | Dative | Genitive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singular | iċ | [itʃ] | mec / mē | mē | mīn | |
| Dual | wit | [wit] | uncit | unc | uncer | ||
| Plural | wē | [weː] | ūsic | ūs | ūser / ūre | ||
| 2nd | Singular | þū | [θuː] | þec / þē | þē | þīn | |
| Dual | ġit | [jit] | incit | inc | incer | ||
| Plural | ġē | [jeː] | ēowic | ēow | ēower | ||
| 3rd | Singular | Masculine | hē | [heː] | hine | him | his |
| Neuter | hit | [hit] | hit | him | his | ||
| Feminine | hēo | [heːo] | hīe | hiere | hiere | ||
| Plural | hīe | [hiːy] | hīe | heom | heora | ||
Usage
External links
- Baker, Peter S. 'Pronouns'. In Peter S. Baker. The Electronic Introduction to Old English. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003, c. 5.