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Þú

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Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.
Wright's OE grammar
§231; §460; §462; §613;
Thou.
Grammar
Þú, alone
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  • Ðis land ðe þú gesihst,

    • Gen. 13, 15.

  • Hwæt eart þú þe þýn ansýn is swylce ánes sceaþan, and hwæt ys ðæt tácen þe þú on uppan þínum exlum byrst?

    • Nicod. 32
      • ;
    • Thw. 18, 19.

  • Gewít þú, Abraham, féran ... þú scealt Isaac mé onsecgan,

    • Cd. Th. 172, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 2849: Andr. Kmbl. 1899
      • ;
    • An. 952.

  • Ic áscige ðé, ðú Boetius, hwí þú swá manigfeald yfel hæfdest?

    • Bt. 27, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 96, 12.

  • Eá lá þú mín Drihten God, hwæt gifst þú mé?

    • Ger. 15, 2.

  • Westú gearo,

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 640, 44.

  • Scealtú ceól gestígan,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 439
      • ;
    • An. 220.

  • Hié woldon þín onbídan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 233, 27.

  • Se ðe mid þé (ðec mið, Lind. Rush.) wæs

    qui erat tecum,

    • Jn. Skt. 3, 26.

  • Ne biþ þec mǽlmete, nymþe móres græs, ne rest witod,

    • Cd. Th. 252, 7
      • ;
    • Dan. 575.

  • Þú gesyxst þás menigu þé (ðec, Lind.: on ðec, Rush.) ðringende,

    • Mk. Skt. 5, 31.

  • Se hálga gást on þé (ðeh, Lind.: ðec, Rush.) becymþ,

    • Lk. Skt. 1, 35.

  • Þec Sarre áh,

    • Cd. Th. 137, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 2270.

  • Ne forlǽte ic þé,

    • 136, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 2256.
Grammar
Þú, used reflexively :
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  • -- Ne ondrǽd þú þé,

    • Gen. 15, 1: Lk. Skt. 1, 30.

  • Ðú hafast þé on fyrhðe eorles ondsware,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1013: An. 507.

  • Nim þé þis ofæt on hand,

    • Cd. Th. 33, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 518.

  • Ásend þé (ðeh, Lind.: þec, Rush.) nyþer,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 4, 6.

  • Þonne þú þé gebidde,

    • 6, 6.
Grammar
Þú, strengthened with self or ána
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  • Þú sylf ne gesyhst þæne beám on þínum ágenum eágan,

    • Lk. Skt. 6, 42.

  • Þú ( Juliana ) sylfa meaht gecnáwan,

    • Exon. Th. 262, 32
      • ;
    • Jul. 341: Cd. Th. 36, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 570.

  • Ðú eart seolfa geong,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 10101
      • ;
    • An. 505.

  • Þú meaht þé self geseón,

    • Cd. Th. 38, 23
      • ;
    • Gen. 611.

  • Þæt þú þa beorhtan ús sunnan onsende, and þé sylf cyme,

    • Exon. Th. 8, 8
      • ;
    • Cri. 114.

  • Hwí swingst þú ána? ... Ne miht þú ána hit ácuman,

    • Ex. 18, 14, 18.

  • Þú ána canst ealra gehygdo,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 135
      • ;
    • An. 68.

  • Þé wæs leófra his hyldo, þonne Þín sylfes bearn,

    • Cd. Th. 176, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 2921.

  • Lufa þínne néhstan swá þé sylfne (ðec seolfne, Lind.),

    • Mt. Kmbl. 19, 19.
Grammar
Þú, combined with þe to express the relative
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  • Fæder úre þú þe eart on heofenum

    Pater noster, qui es in coelis,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 9.

  • Drihten þú þe míne fæderas on þínre gesihþe eodon, God þú þe mé féddest

    Deus, in cujus conspectu ambulaverunt patres mei, Deus, qui pascit me,

    • Gen. 48, 15: Elen. Kmbl. 1448
      • ;
    • El. 726.

  • Wé þé þanciaþ, þe þú hafest on gewealdum hiofen and eorþan,

    • Hy. 8, 12.

  • Eálá þú Hǽlend þurh þíne þrowunga þe þú getuge tó þé ealle ða sáwla,

    • H. R. 15, 3.
Etymology
[
Goth. þu; gen. þeina; dat. þus; acc. þuk
:
O. Sax. thu; gen. thín; dat. thi; acc. thik
:
O. Frs. thu; gen. thín; dat. acc. thi
:
O. H. Ger. dú; gen. dín; dat. dir; acc. dih
:
Icel. þú; gen. þín; dat. þér; acc. þik.
]
Similar entries
v. gé, git.
Linked entries
v.  tú þec þeh þistel.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “Þú.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32215.

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