Where does “þeiren” come from?
þeiren (Middle English) comes from Middle English þeir, from Old Norse þeirra.
þeiren (Middle English): Third-person plural genitive pronoun: theirs
Definitions
- Third-person plural genitive pronoun: theirs
Ancestry of “þeiren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | þeir | Third-person plural possessive determiner: their |
| 2 | Old Norse | þeirra | — |