þridda had
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to þridda (“third”) + hād (“grammatical person”)
Noun
[edit]þridda hād m
- (grammar) the third person
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
- Sē þridda hād is be þǣm þe sē forma hād spricþ tō þǣm ōðrum hāde ("hē sæġþ", oþþe maniġfealdlīċe "hīe seċġaþ").
- The third person is whoever the first person talks about to the second person ("he says", or in the plural "they say").
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice