þat

See also: that, yat, That, Yat, yát, and thật

Icelandic

Pronoun

þat n

1. Obsolete spelling of það

Middle English

Conjunction

þat

1. Alternative form of that
   • a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie."‎^[1], London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, →ISBN, page 63:

     Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.

     Do not even consider bringing together the two parts of the bone which is broken or dislocated until eight days (if it is Winter) or five days (if it is Summer) have passed; for if you do, it will seep puss and swell, worsening its condition. Then [After the time has passed] bring together the ends of the bones (or, if it is a dislocation, the disjointed bones themselves) in accordance with the technique that shall be detailed in the chapter on bone-setting.

Pronoun

þat

1. Alternative form of that

Determiner

þat

1. Alternative form of that

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þat (neuter of *sa (“that”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tód (neuter of *só (“that”)). Cognate with Old English þæt, Old Saxon that, Old High German daz, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata).

Pronoun

þat

1. it (third-person nominative and accusative singular neuter personal pronoun)

   Þat var einn dag, er konungr talaði við Tóka ok spurði, hversu gamall maðr Tóki væri.

   It was one day, that the king spoke with Took and asked, how old [of a] man Took might be.

2. that (nominative and accusative singular neuter demonstrative pronoun)
3. (exophoric) they, that, those (regardless of gender and number; compare Old English þæt)
   • rekkar þat þóttusk · es ript hǫfðu
     nęiss es nøkkviðr halr

     champions they seemed when clothes they had; shameful is the naked man.

   • Þat eru tveir úlfar, ok heitir sá, er eftir henni ferr, Skoll.

     It is (literally 'are') the two wolves, and he who goes after her is called Skoll.

Declension

Old Norse personal pronouns

number	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	ek	þú		hann	hón, hǫ́n	þat
accusative	mik	þik	sik	hann	hana, hána	þat
dative	mér	þér	sér	hánum, hónum, hǫ́num	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	sín	hans	hennar	þess
case	dual
nominative	vit	it, þit
accusative	okkr	ykkr	sik
dative	okkr	ykkr	sér
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sín
case	plural			plural masculine	plural feminine	plural neuter
nominative	vér	ér, þér		þeir	þær	þau
accusative	oss	yðr	sik	þá	þær	þau
dative	oss	yðr	sér	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	vár	yðar, yðvar	sín	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra

Old Norse demonstrative pronouns

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sá	sú	þat
accusative	þann	þá	þat
dative	þeim	þeirri	því, þí
genitive	þess	þeirrar	þess
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	þá	þær	þau
dative	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra

Descendants

• Icelandic: það
• Faroese: tað, hað
• Norn: da
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: det
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: det, dat
• Jamtish: deð, heð
• Old Swedish: þæt, þet, thæt, thet, thz
  • Swedish: det, (obsolete) thet, dhet
• Old Danish: thet
  • Danish: det