þys

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See also: thys and -yys

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse þyss (“uproar, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þusiz, related to Proto-Germanic *þausōną (“to surge, roar, flow”), from the same source as *þeutaną (“to roar, howl”). Related to German tosen (“to roar, rage”), Old English þys (“tempest, storm”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

þys m (genitive singular þyss, no plural)

  1. din, rumpus

Declension[edit]

declension of þys
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative þys þysinn
accusative þys þysinn
dative þys þysnum
genitive þyss þyssins

See also[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Determiner[edit]

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Pronoun[edit]

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Adverb[edit]

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Etymology 2[edit]

Determiner[edit]

þys

  1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Pronoun[edit]

þys

  1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Old English[edit]

Determiner[edit]

þȳs

  1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of þes

Pronoun[edit]

þȳs

  1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of þes
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