Thews vs Thees - What's the difference?
thews | thees |
Attractive physical attributes or features; good bodily proportions; muscles; vigour.
* 1998': B.A. Roberts, ''Battle Magic'' – As I pull two Mercian shafts from my bloodied ' thews .
(thew)
(thee)
(archaic, literary)
* 1598 , Shakespeare, Henry IV part 1 , 1.2.49-50:
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(Quaker, Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch English) Thou.
* Thee is a little strange, I think.
To address (somebody) as "thee"; to thou.
To thrive; prosper.
* Spenser
As nouns the difference between thews and thees
is that thews is attractive physical attributes or features; good bodily proportions; muscles; vigour while thees is thesis, theory.As a verb thews
is (thew).thews
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*thees
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* * * ----thee
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(wikipedia thee)Etymology 1
From (etyl) thee, the, from (etyl) . More at (l).Pronoun
- Prince Henry: Did I ever call for thee to pay thy part?
- Falstaff: No; I'll give thee thy due, thou hast paid all there.
Usage notes
When used in place of the nominative thou, thee uses the third-person singular form of verbs (see example at "quotations").Verb
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(English personal pronouns)Statistics
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Verb
- Well mote thee , as well can wish your thought.