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† thaie, thaye, dem. pron. and a. Obs.
Forms: 1 þæᵹe, ðaᵹe, 3 þaie, þaye.
[Late OE. þæᵹe, of obscure origin and history.
Generally held to be ad. ON. þeir, with r dropped (as in Ormin's þeȝȝ, they), and with -e added, after plurals like ealle, sume, swylce. But the local distribution of the word does not favour a Norse origin.]
1. dem. (or pers.) pron. = those they, them).
c1000Ags. Gosp. John x. 16 Hit ᵹebyrað þæt ic læde þæᵹe [Hatton G. þa hyder] & hiᵹ ᵹehyrað mine stefne. Ibid. xiv. 12 He wyrcð maran þonne þæᵹe synt [MS. A. þa synd]. a1100MS. C.C.C. Camb. No. 162 Ðæᵹe wæron on fruman of Godes oroðe..ᵹesceapene. a1100Salomon & Sat. (Kemble) 180 Saᵹa me, hwæt hatton ðaᵹe? c1275Lay. 18474 Þaie [c 1205 heo] were amorwe alle idon to deaþe. Ibid. 28516 Þaie he habbe nolde. a1300Cursor M. 20002 (Edin.) Ful mani a torfer suffrid þaie [C., F., G., þai, Trin. þei].
b. as antecedent.
c1275Lay. 4240 Alle þaie [c 1205 þa] þat astode hii fulde to grunde. Ibid. 20775 Þaye þat her bi-ȝeteþ eft hii leoseþ.
2. dem. a. = those (sometimes = the).
10..Ags. Gosp. Luke xi. 5 (Marg. note) Ðis sceal to gangdaᵹon þæᵹe tweᵹen daᵹas. c1205Lay. 12644 He sende his sonde..æfter..alle þaie ihade gomes. Ibid. 19541 Alle þaie halȝen þa an hæfenene hæhȝe sitteð [so 15015]. Ibid. 20965 Þaie ilærde men heo læiden on gleden. c1275Ibid. 4532 He..ferde..to-ȝeines þaie sipes. Ibid. 16008 Wat bi-tocneþ þaie drakes [c 1205 þa draken]? |