Middle English Dictionary Entry
his pron.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | his pron.(3) Also hise, is, hies, hes, es, as. Contractions: hẹ̄s (= he his), his (= he his). |
| Etymology | Cp. his pron. (2), sense 2 & his pron.(1), sense 5. In sense (a), his(3) refers to nouns which were masc. or neut. in OE; in (c), his(3) usually refers to nouns which were fem. in OE, OF, or L. Chiefly S, SW, and K. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The singular feminine object of a verb, referring to: (a) a woman: her; (b) a female animal: her; (c) a thing, an action, an abstraction: it; hes, his, he it.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)159 : An edie meiden..was iferen bispused þe heuenliche kinge, and..he hes fette hom.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)74/2118 : Þaȝ he by hyre [hys wyf] ne ligge nouȝt, Oþer halt hys.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)10/22 : Þou ne sselt naȝt wylni þine neȝybores wyf, ne his [Vices & V.(2): hire] wylni ine þine herte.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)11/2 : Huo þet ziȝþ ane wyfman and wylneþ his ine herte.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)179/33 : Þe dyeuel playþ ofte mid þe zeneȝere ase deþ þe cat mid þe mous þanne he his [Vices & V.(2): here] heþ ynome.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)191/23 : Þe guode man..yeaf his cou to his preste..þe prest his nom bleþeliche.
c
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)235 : Þer efter arerde god þas lage þurh moysen..and wrate his him-self in stanene wax bredene, and si ȝeleste sume wile.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)40 : Þe Mon þe wule siker bon to habben Godes blisse, do wel him solf..þenne haueð he his [Trin-C: hes; Dgb: he hit] mid iwisse.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)55-6 : Þe þet echte wile habben wel hwile þe he muȝe es [Eg(2): he mei his; Trin-C: hes muȝe; Jes-O: he may him] welden, Giue hies [Eg(2): his; Trin-C: hes; Jes-O: hit] for godes luue; þenne deþ hes [Eg (2): he his; Jes-O: he hit] wel ihalden.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)39/20 : Ðanne ne habbe ich naht charite, ne ich iboreȝen..ne mai bien bute ich hes habbe.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)65/18 : Scientia inflat..ðis scarpe iwitt swelð ðane mann ðe hes haueð.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)149/28 : Perseuerancia..makeð ðanne man ðe godd is [altered to: his] to-sant þat he þurwuneð.
- a1225 PMor.(Eg 613(2))149 : Ful wambe mei lihtliche speken of hunger..swa mei of pine þe naht nat hu pine sceal alesten; Hedde his afanded [Lamb: Hefð he ifonded] sume stunde, he wolde eal segge oðer.
- a1225 PMor.(Eg 613(2))215 : Þe ðe godes milce sechð, jwis he mei his [Trin-C: hes; Eg(1): is; Lamb: ha; McC: hit] finde.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)52/190 : Ȝwane men comen ofte to is toumbe, ase liȝthliche up huy as [Corp-C: it] bere And heuen as up and doun ase huy wolden, ase þei it liȝht treov were.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1608 : Þo he adde an dede him sulf ydo..Vor woch dede a man ssolde þat is [vrr. þis, hit] adde iwroȝt..ne sparde him sulue noȝt.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1616 : Þe soule..out of helle he broȝte & to is bodi is ioined.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6596 : He..is kinges croune nom & sette is [vrr. hure, it] vpe þe rode heued.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)131/48 : Þe erthe hys heuy..Ho halt ys op?
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)58/1 : Hy..nimeþ þe tresor of þe herte, and hise [Vices & V.(2): it] uelþ a-yen mid ydelenesse.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)109/23 : Þet he ous wende oure wrechide wil [F volenté] and his [F la] confermy al to þe heȝe guode.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)126/21 : Þet habbet þe laȝe and naȝt hise doþ.
- c1425 Glo.Chron.A (Hrl 201)p.349 : Ac vorþ chyrche vnhalwed was..He þoȝte lete hys [vr. hur] halwy to mydewynter.