thaepron.adj.

Brit.

/ðeɪ/, U.S.

/ðeɪ/, Scottish English

/θe/

Forms: (Old English–1500s þa), 1500s thai, 1500s–1600s thay, 1500s– Scottish thae, thea, 1800s theae, northern dialect theea, thee.

Etymology: Modern Scots and northern dialect representation of Old English and northern Middle English þá , tha , midland and southern Middle English tho pron.¹ and adj. For the phonology compare mae, nae, sae, twae, whae, = Old English má, ná, swá, twá, hwá, English mo, no, so, two, who.

Scottish and northern dialect.

The Scottish and northern dialect plural of that pron.¹: = Middle English þa, tho pron.¹ and adj.; modern those pron. and adj.

a. adj.

ΚΠ

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 22 Pentland it was called,..evin as this day thae mountanis declairis sa named.

1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 2) 85 To heir thae startling stremis cleir Me thocht it musique to the eir.

1603 Philotus lxxviii. sig. C4^v And send to ȝow thay claithis vnsene.

1786 R. Burns Poems 83 Thae bonny Bairntime, Heav'n has lent.

1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 96 Thae broad vine-leaves hingin' in the veranda.

1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 76 But thae hames are gane.

1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. (N. Yorksh.) Wheea's theea tweea bairns? (Northumb.) Thee kye; thee folk.

b. pron. (demonstrative).

ΚΠ

?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 373 Gude Robert Melwene of Carnebie I shuld not racken in with thea.

1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 151 Now Tam, O Tam! had thae been queans.

1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 12 Thou sall hae thae, thou sall hae mae.

1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) i. 25 Her exultation was exprest In words like thae.

1873 J. A. H. Murray Dial. S. Counties Scotl. 182 Dynna teake theae (Don't take those).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	thae
释义	thaepron.adj. Brit. /ðeɪ/, U.S. /ðeɪ/, Scottish English /θe/ Forms: (Old English–1500s þa), 1500s thai, 1500s–1600s thay, 1500s– Scottish thae, thea, 1800s theae, northern dialect theea, thee. Etymology: Modern Scots and northern dialect representation of Old English and northern Middle English þá , tha , midland and southern Middle English tho pron.¹ and adj. For the phonology compare mae, nae, sae, twae, whae, = Old English má, ná, swá, twá, hwá, English mo, no, so, two, who. Scottish and northern dialect. The Scottish and northern dialect plural of that pron.¹: = Middle English þa, tho pron.¹ and adj.; modern those pron. and adj. a. adj. ΚΠ 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 22 Pentland it was called,..evin as this day thae mountanis declairis sa named. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 2) 85 To heir thae startling stremis cleir Me thocht it musique to the eir. 1603 Philotus lxxviii. sig. C4^v And send to ȝow thay claithis vnsene. 1786 R. Burns Poems 83 Thae bonny Bairntime, Heav'n has lent. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 96 Thae broad vine-leaves hingin' in the veranda. 1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 76 But thae hames are gane. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. (N. Yorksh.) Wheea's theea tweea bairns? (Northumb.) Thee kye; thee folk. b. pron. (demonstrative). ΚΠ ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 373 Gude Robert Melwene of Carnebie I shuld not racken in with thea. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 151 Now Tam, O Tam! had thae been queans. 1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 12 Thou sall hae thae, thou sall hae mae. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) i. 25 Her exultation was exprest In words like thae. 1873 J. A. H. Murray Dial. S. Counties Scotl. 182 Dynna teake theae (Don't take those). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < pron.adj.1596
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