FromMiddle English þe Old English þē ( “ thee ” ,originally dative, but later also accusative ) , fromProto-Germanic *þiz ( “ thee ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *te ( “ second-person singular pronoun ” ) . Cognate withSaterland Frisian die ( “ thee ” ) ,West Frisian dy ( “ thee ” ) ,German Low German di ( “ thee ” ) ,German dir ( “ thee ” ,dative pron. ) ,Icelandic þér ( “ thee ” ) . More atthou
thee (second-person singular, objective case ,nominative thou reflexive thyself
( now chiefly archaic , literary ) Objective andreflexive case ofthou [from 8th c.] 1598 William Shakespeare ,Henry IV part 1 , act 1, scene 2, lines49–50 :Prince Henry: Did I ever call forthee to pay thy part?thee thy due, thou hast paid all there.
1667 John Milton ,Paradise Lost Michael, this my behest have thou in charge,thee from among the Cherubim
1742 Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown ”,Charles Wesley (music):Come, O thou Traveller unknown, / Whom still I hold, but cannot see! / My company before is gone, / And I am left alone withThee ; / WithThee all night I mean to stay, / And wrestle till the break of day.
( now chiefly archaic , dialect ) Thou .[from 12th c.] 1773 Frances Burney ,Journals & Letters , Penguin 2001, page23 :[H]e immediately perceived when I was taken ill, and, after seeing Mama, said to me "I am afraidThee art not well thyself?"
1851 November 14,Herman Melville , “The Ship”, inMoby-Dick; or, The Whale Harper & Brothers ; London:Richard Bentley ,→OCLC page84 :"He says he's our man, Bildad," said Peleg, "he wants to ship."thee ?" said Bildad, in a hollow tone
Objective case of 'thou'
Arabic:ـكَ (ar) m sg ( -ka ) ,ـكِ (ar) f sg ( -ki ) ,إِيَّاكَ m sg ( ʔiyyāka ) ,إِيَّاكِ f sg ( ʔiyyāki ) Chinese:Mandarin:你 (zh) ( nǐ ) ,汝 (zh) ( rǔ ) ,尔 (zh) ( ěr ) Czech:tě (cs) ,tebe (cs) ,ti (cs) ,tobě tebou Danish:dig (da) French:( informal and addressing one person; used after a preposition ) toi (fr) ,( informal and addressing one person; used before a verb ) te (fr) German:dich (de) ,dir (de) Hungarian:téged (hu) Irish:thú Italian:( informal and addressing one person; used after a preposition ) te (it) ,( informal and addressing one person; used before a verb ) ti (it) Norwegian:deg (no) Polish:cię (pl) Portuguese:tu (pt) ,ti (pt) Russian:тебя́ (ru) ( tebjá ) ( genitive, accusative ) ,тебе́ (ru) ( tebé ) ( dative, prepositional ) ,тобо́й (ru) ( tobój ) ( instrumental ) Slovak:ťa teba ti (sk) ,tebe tebou Spanish:te (es) ,ti (es) Swedish:dig (sv) Ukrainian:тебе́ ( tebé ) ,тобі́ ( tobí )
thee (third-person singular simple present thees present participle theeing simple past and past participle theed
( transitive ) address (a person) using thepronoun thee .Synonym: thou 1677 John Cheyney ’s Pamphlet EntituledThe Shibboleth of Quakerism ”, inThe Life of God, which is the Light and Salvation of Men, Exalted: [ … ] ,[ London] :[ s.n.] →OCLC page134 :What! doſt thou not believe that God'sThouing andtheeing theeing Thouing of one ſingle Perſon was the language of Chriſt Jeſus, and the Holy Prophets and Apoſtles both under the Diſpenſations of Law and Goſpel, [...]
( intransitive ) use theword thee .Synonym: thou 2006 Julian Dibbell , chapter5 , inPlay Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot , New York, N.Y.:Basic Books ,→ISBN The hardcore role-players will wake up one day feeling, like a dead weight on their chest, the strain of endless texting in Renaissance Faire English—yet dutifully go ontheeing and thouing all the same.
2009 [ pseudonym; Alan D. Jenkins] , “Seeing God in the Ordinary”, inThe Hitch Hikers’ Guide to the Gospel ,[ Morrisville, N.C.] :Lulu.com ,→ISBN page39 :You want to hear the word of God, and be challenged to go out and change the world. Instead, you are, for the fifth Sunday in a row, mewling on about purple-headed mountains (which is a bit of an imaginative stretch, since you live in East Anglia) and "theeing " and "thouing" all over the place.
English personal pronouns Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are initalics .
FromMiddle English theen ( “ to increase, prosper, flourish ” ) , fromOld English þēon ( “ to thrive, prosper, flourish, grow ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *þinhaną ( “ to thrive, succeed ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *tenk- ( “ to succeed, turn out well ” ) . Cognate withDutch gedijen ( “ to flourish, thrive, prosper, succeed ” ) ,German gedeihen ( “ to thrive ” ) ,Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 ( gaþeihan “ to increase, thrive ” ) .
thee (third-person singular simple present thees present participle theeing simple past and past participle theed
( intransitive , UK , obsolete ) thrive ;prosper .From Pitmanzee
thee (plural thees
The letter ⟨( ⟩, which stands for theth sound/ð/ inPitman shorthand . ith eth Respelling ofthe Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth .
thee
( very rare , nonstandard ) Alternative spelling ofthe FromHokkien 茶 ( tê ) . The "-h-" is a faux-Greek spelling (compareGreek τσάι ( tsái ) ); the more basal spellingtee was previously common, especially in the early modern period, but is now obsolete.
thee m plural theeën diminutive theetje n
Gevuldthee glas tea glasstea ( singular only, with the definite articlede ) tea-time ,tea break ,meeting in which tea is servedIk ga mijn nieuwe buren opde thee vragen. I’m going to invite my new neighbours for tea. ( sports , figurative ) half-time Tijdensde thee pepte de trainer de spelers op. Duringthe half-time break the coach cheered up the players. Descendants
Afrikaans:tee Berbice Creole Dutch:tei Negerhollands:thee tee → Caribbean Javanese:teh → Dutch Low Saxon:thee → Danish:te the ( unofficial since 1872, but still common ) → English:tea see there for further descendants )→ French:thé see there for further descendants )→ German:Tee see there for further descendants )→ Icelandic:te → Kari'na:te → Latin:thea see there for further descendants )→ Latvian:tēja → Norwegian:te → Sranan Tongo:te → Aukan:te → Saramaccan:té → Swedish:te the thé → West Frisian:tee FromThai ถ่าน ( tàan ) ("charcoal ") orLao ຖ່ານ ( thān ) ("charcoal "), ultimately fromMiddle Chinese 炭 ( tʰɑnH ) ("charcoal ").
thee
charcoal ,coal thee
Alternative form ofþe ( “ thee ” ) thee
Alternative form oftheen thee
Alternative spelling ofthé :lenited form oftee ( “ hot ” ) FromOld English þēoh Proto-Germanic *þeuhą Proto-Indo-European *tewk-
thee (plural thees
thigh FromMiddle English theen Old English þēon Proto-Germanic *þinhaną
thee (third-person singular simple present thees present participle theein simple past theet past participle theet
( archaic , literary ) FromMiddle English þe Old English þē ( “ thee ” ,originally dative, but later also accusative ) , fromProto-Germanic *þiz ( “ thee ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *te ( “ second-person singular pronoun ” ) .
thee (subjective case thou reflexive thysel possessive determiner thy
( archaic outside Orkney and Shetland ) thee you ( 2nd person singular object pronoun, informal ) ( Orkney , Shetland ) thou you ( 2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal ) Regularly used throughout Scotland up until the middle of the 1800s; now only used as an archaism outside Shetland and Orkney. FromThai ถ่าน ( tàan ) ("charcoal ") orLao ຖ່ານ ( thān ) ("charcoal "), ultimately fromMiddle Chinese 炭 ( tʰɑnH ) ("charcoal ").
thee
charcoal ,coal FromMiddle English þe Old English þē
thee
thee [ 1] 1867 GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page40 :Fho toldthee ? Who toldthee ? 1867 GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page78 :Whileen tothee . Thatyou may be upset. 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 1, page84 :Fade teilthee zo lournagh, co Joane, zo knaggee? What ailsyou so melancholy, quoth John, so cross? 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 2, page84 :Well, gosp, c'hull be zeid; motthee fartoo, an fade; Well, gossip, it shall be told;you ask what ails me, and for what; 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 2, page100 :Craneen t'thee wee aam, thee luggès shell aake. Choking tothee with them. Thy ears shall ache. 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 3, page100 :Heal, griue, an kin, apaathee , graacuse Forth, Health, wealth, and regard uponthee , gracious Forth, FromMiddle English þi þin Old English þīn Proto-West Germanic *þīn
thee
thy ,your [ 1] 1867 GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page31 :Coome tothee met; Coomethee wyse. Come tothy meat; Comethy ways. 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 2, page100 :Craneen t' thee wee aam,thee luggès shell aake. Choking to thee with them.Thy ears shall ache. 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 3, page100 :Myethee friend ne're waant welcome, nor straayart comfoort. Maythy friend ne'er want welcome, nor the stranger comfort. thee
thou 1927 THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD , page130 , lines4[ 2] :Ochone! Jone,thee yart deed. Ochone, John,you are dead. 1927 THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD , page132 , lines9[ 2] :Co Sooney, "Billeen dowstthee zee faads lewer, Says Alice "Billy, doyou see what's yonder?" ↑1.0 1.1 Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ↑2.0 2.1 Kathleen A. Browne (1927 ) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, inJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)[1] 17 , number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 
