Middle English Dictionary Entry
heo-self pron.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | heo-self pron.(1) |
| Etymology | From hẹ̄ pron.(2) & self. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) As reflexive object of a verb: the female person referred to, herself; (b) as emphatic subject referring to a noun which was fem. in OE: itself.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)143 : Heo hadde se swiðe heo selue forsineged.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)145 : Mid swiche dede hie clensede heo seluen of ache synne.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)86/4 : Eow is mucel neod þæt ȝe..smeaȝen embe eowre aȝene sawle..Heo is unseȝenlic, & heo sylf beræð all þone lichame & him liffæst.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)465 : For ofte tunge brekeþ bon, þeyh heoseolf nabbe non.