Etymology 1

thou, thow, thu, þou from . Akin to Old Saxon & Old Frisian , Old High German (German ), Old Norse (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian ), Latin , Greek , Frisian .

Pronoun

1. you (singular informal)

Usage notes

is used with the archaic second-person singular of verbs, which usually ends in , as in, for example, “Lovest thou me?” Exceptions (forms without s) include: (of ), (of ) and (of ).

Verb

1. To address (a person) using the pronoun , esp. as an expression of familiarity or contempt.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 443:

     "One service more, Sahib, since thou hast come so opportunely," said Lalun. "Wilt thou" – it is very nice to be thou-ed by Lalun – "take this old man across the City [...] to the Kumharsen Gate?"

   I thou thee, thou traitor! (Edward Coke to Walter Raleigh)

   Don't thou them as thou's thee! (Yorkshire English admonition to overly familiar children)

2. To use the word .

Noun

1. A thousand, especially a thousand dollars, a thousand pounds sterling, etc.