"þou" meaning in Middle English

See þou in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /θuː/ [stressed], /ðuː/ [stressed], /ðu/ [unstressed], /t/ (note: after /t/, /d/, especially early), /d/ (note: after /t/, /d/, especially early), /tuː/ (note: after /t/, /d/, especially early), /tu/ (note: after /t/, /d/, especially early) Forms: þe [accusative], þin [genitive], þi [determiner, possessive], þin [determiner, possessive]
Etymology: From Old English þū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|þū}} Old English þū, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*þū}} Proto-West Germanic *þū, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*þū}} Proto-Germanic *þū, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*túh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|accusative|þe|genitive|þin|possessive determiner|þi, þin}} þou (accusative þe, genitive þin, possessive determiner þi, þin)
  1. thou (second-person singular pronoun); you
    Sense id: en-þou-enm-pron-enm:thou Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English personal pronouns, Middle English pronouns Synonyms: thou, þu, thu, þoue, thoue, þowe, thowe, þouȝ, thouȝ, þue, ðhu, þeu, þeou, thugh, thogh, þo, tu, tou, towe, you Derived forms: artou, comsteu, connowustou, dorstou, hastou, havedestou, maistou, miȝtou, neltou, tertestou, thall, thart, thatou, therstou, wilte, wiltou, wolte, wostou, þerftou, þut Related terms: I, ich, ik, me, minmi1, min, þe, þinþi1, þin, he, himhine2, him, his, hishisen, sche, heo, hireheo, hire, hirehires, hiren, hit, hithim2, —, wit, unk, unker, ȝit, inc, inker, we, us, ous, oure, oureoures, ouren, ye, yow, your, youryoures, youren, hemhe2, hem, here, hereheres, heren, þei, þem, þeim, þeir, þeirþeires, þeiren

Alternative forms

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        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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      "note": "after /t/, /d/, especially early"
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      "note": "after /t/, /d/, especially early"
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    {
      "word": "thowe"
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      "word": "þue"
    },
    {
      "word": "ðhu"
    },
    {
      "word": "þeu"
    },
    {
      "word": "þeou"
    },
    {
      "word": "thugh"
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    {
      "word": "thogh"
    },
    {
      "word": "þo"
    },
    {
      "word": "tu"
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    {
      "word": "tou"
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}

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