þys

See also: thys and -yys

Icelandic

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /θɪːs/
    Rhymes: -ɪːs

Noun

þys m (genitive singular þyss, no plural)

  1. din, rumpus

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

See also

Middle English

Alternative forms

Determiner

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Pronoun

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Adverb

þys

  1. Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Determiner

þys

  1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Pronoun

þys

  1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Old English

Determiner

þȳs

  1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of þes

Pronoun

þȳs

  1. instrumental masculine/neuter singular of þes
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