"-the" meaning in Middle English

See -the in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-θ(ə)/, /-ð(ə)/, /-t(ə)/ (note: following fricatives)
Etymology: Inherited from Old English -þ, -þu (abstract nominal suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-iþu, from Proto-Germanic *-iþō, from Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|abstract nominal}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|-þ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English -þ, {{inh+|enm|ang|-þ}} Inherited from Old English -þ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*-iþu}} Proto-West Germanic *-iþu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*-iþō}} Proto-Germanic *-iþō, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*-iteh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂ Head templates: {{head|enm|suffix}} -the
  1. (rarely productive) Forms abstract nouns denoting a state or attribute, usually from adjectives but occasionally from verbs; -th, -ness Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ðhe, -ethe, -ith, -ithe,
    Sense id: en--the-enm-suffix-vBFz9FtB Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 7 7 36 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -ðe, -eth, -th, -þe, -yth, -t, -te (english: following fricatives)
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /-θ(ə)/, /-ð(ə)/, /-t(ə)/ (note: following fricatives), /-d(ə)/ (note: influenced by Old Norse)
Etymology: Inherited from Old English -þa (ordinal suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-dō, from Proto-Germanic *-dô. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|ordinal}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|-þa|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=ordinal suffix|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English -þa (ordinal suffix), {{inh+|enm|ang|-þa||pos=ordinal suffix}} Inherited from Old English -þa (ordinal suffix), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*-dō}} Proto-West Germanic *-dō, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*-dô}} Proto-Germanic *-dô Head templates: {{head|enm|suffix}} -the
  1. Forms ordinal numerals, except for first, seconde, thridde; -th. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -d, -de, -eþe, -iþ
    Sense id: en--the-enm-suffix-DHpixXmL Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 11 28 38 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 7 7 7 33 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 7 7 36 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 8 30 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -ðe, -eth, -th, -þe, -yth, -t, -te (english: following fricatives)
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.