þeir

See also: their

Icelandic

þeir m

(personal pronoun): nominative plural of the word hann meaning "he"; literally meaning "they"
- Hvernig vita þeir þetta?
  How do they know that?
- Strákar; þeir elska stelpur og stelpur elska þá.
  Boys; they love girls and girls love them.
(demonstrative pronoun):, plural of sá

Icelandic personal pronouns
singular	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	ég, eg^†, ek^†	þú	hann	hún, hon^†, hón^†	það, þat^†
accusative	mig, mik^†	þig, þik^†	hann	hana	það, þat^†
dative	mér	þér	honum, hánum^†	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	hans	hennar	þess

plural	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	við	þið, þit^†	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	okkur	ykkur	þá	þær	þau
dative	okkur	ykkur	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	okkar	ykkar	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

þeir (nominative pronoun þei)

“their(e, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 June 2018.

From Proto-Germanic *þai (“they, those”), plural masculine of *sa (“that”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹 (þai).

þeir

Old Norse personal pronouns

number	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	ek	þú		hann	hon, hón	þat
accusative	mik	þik	sik	hann	hana, hána	þat
dative	mér	þér	sér	hánum, honum, hónum	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	sín	hans	hennar	þess
case	dual
nominative	vit	it, þit
accusative	okr, okkr	ykr, ykkr	sik
dative	okr, okkr	ykr, 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	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

Old Norse demonstrative pronouns

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