þú

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1)  you, thou

Usage notes
After verbs, the pronoun is either separated: or suffixed and changed into, , or :

If the verb ends in a "t", is used. If it ends in a "m" or "n", is used. Otherwise is used.

The suffixed version is almost always used except when the speaker wants to emphasize "þú" or sound more formal.

Many younger speakers will write instead of.

Etymology
From, from.

Pronoun

 * 1)  you (thou)
 * 2) * 900s-1000s,, verse 112
 * "non"

- Ráðum'k þér, Loddfáfnir, / at þú ráð nemir, njóta mundu ef þú nemr, þér munu góð ef þú getr: Nótt þú rís-at / nema á njósn sér eða þú leitir þér innan út staðar.

Usage notes
It may become enclitic when after a verb, that is, be appended to the preceding word as either, or  depending on the consonant cluster. The rules for this are the same as for the past tense dental suffixes of the class 1 weak verbs. This may happen more often in Old Norse, as the personal pronoun is often used with the singular imperative. This is not to say, however, that whenever þú comes after a verb, it will always take an enclitic form. It could well stay separate for the sake of emphasis. With the clitics, this is how it ends up looking. Note, as seen in the last two examples, that this does not cause u-umlaut.

Descendants


The enclitic use lives on in modern 🇨🇬. See there for more.