Middle English Dictionary Entry

thā̆re def. art. & adj.(3)
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Forms thā̆re def. art. & adj.(3) Also (early) þara, þaræ, þar, þære, þæra, ðæræ, þera, ðeræ, þer, (chiefly SWM) þere & (error) sara.
Etymology OE þāra, þǣra, þā̆ræ, þā̆re, þǣræ, þǣre, þē̆ra, pl. gen. of sē̆.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1a.
Referring to specific members of a class and used anaphorically, pointing to persons or things previously mentioned: the, those, these: (a) with noun; (b) with noun, now further specified by an adj., a rel. clause, etc.; (c) with dem. pron.
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1b.
With noun, referring to specific members of a class and pointing to persons or things not previously mentioned, but instead understood from the context or already known: the.
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1c.
With noun, referring to specific members of a class and pointing to persons or things neither previously mentioned nor understood from the context nor already known: (a) pointing to persons particularized by a gen. phrase or a prep. phrase: the; (b) pointing to persons or things particularized by a rel. clause: the, those.
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2.
With unique reference: ~ apostlene, of the Twelve Apostles of Christ.
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3.
Having generic reference: the: (a) with noun, pointing to a species, class, or type; also, with the name of a people; ~ manne the, ~ manne..the, of those who; ~ thing the, of the things which; (b) with adj. or ppl. as noun, pointing to a class or type; (c) with noun denoting a part of the body.
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