Middle English

Alternative forms

• that

Conjunction

þat

1. that
   • a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, ISBN 1163911380, page 63:

     Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þat (neuter of *sa ‎(“that”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tód (neuter of *só ‎(“that”)). Cognate with Old English þæt, Old Saxon that, Old High German daz, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 ‎(þata).

Pronoun

þat

1. it (third-person nominative and accusative singular neuter personal pronoun)

   • Þat var einn dag, er konungr talaði við Tóka ok spurði, hversu gamall maðr Tóki væri.‎

     It was one day, that the king spoke with Took and asked, how old (of a man) Took was.

2. that (nominative and accusative singular neuter demonstrative pronoun)

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Descendants