Modifying a noun denoting something in one's charge, control, or possession: my, of me, belonging to me; ~ catel, ~ hous, ~ instrument, ~ kingriche, ~ lond, etc.; perles ~, table ~.

My, of me: modifying a noun or gerund denoting (a) one's expressed advice, command, judgment, etc.; ~ avis, ~ hestes, ~ ibede, ~ rede, ~ treuth, ~ word, etc.; (b) one's awareness, desire, hope, intention, thought, will, etc.; ~ hope, ~ thought, ~ wille, etc.; at ~ knouinge [see knouing(e 2. (d)]; at) ~ witing, as I recall, to my knowledge; ~ unknouinge, ~ unwiting, without my awareness, I being unaware; (c) one's attitude or sentiment; ~ blessinge, ~ curs, ~ frendship, ~ hating, ~ love, ~ milce, etc.

My, of me: modifying a noun or gerund denoting (a) something enacted or performed; ~ bisinesse, ~ dedes, ~ flight, ~ marchaundise, ~ sinne, ~ slep, etc.; craftes ~, goinges ~, etc.; (b) something established, made, or produced; ~ charter, ~ laue, ~ lor, ~ ordinaunce, ~ wed, ~ writ, etc.

My, of me: modifying a noun denoting (a) one's body or a part of one's body; hed ~, ~ bodi, ~ blod, ~ elboue, ~ flesh, ~ herte, ~ lichame, ~ wombe, etc.; (b) one's person, self, soul, or spirit; ~ gost, ~ persoune, ~ soule, soule ~; (c) bi) ~ one, by myself, alone.

My, of me: modifying a noun or gerund denoting (a) one or another of one's attributes, a characteristic, faculty, feature, or trait; ~ anlicnesse, ~ folie, ~ intelligence, ~ lauefulnesse, ~ manere, ~ might, ~ minde, ~ nitennesse, ~ pride, ~ semblaunt, ~ sight, ~ stature, etc.; (b) one's experience, state, or condition; ~ blisse, ~ estat, ~ lif, ~ nede, ~ sor, ~ sorwe, ~ youth; fig. of persons: ~ plesaunce, ~ sele, ~ wele, etc.

My, of me: modifying a noun denoting (a) something directed towards, occurring or owing to, imposed or inflicted upon, or provided for, the speaker; ~ dai, ~ fraunchise, etc.; fig. of Christ: ~ leme; (b) something that attaches, relates, or pertains to the speaker; ~ armes, ~ half, ~ name, ~ part, ~ sake, ~ signe, etc.

My, of me: modifying a noun denoting a person or persons related (a) by blood or marriage; brother ~, children ~, cosine ~, ~ housbonde, ~ issue, etc.; fig. in literary direct address: ~ doughter, young woman; ~ sone, young man; in religious contexts: ~ brother, my brother in Christ, my spiritual brother; ~ father, ~ sone, ~ susteres, etc.; (b) by affinity, enmity, office, etc.; felaue ~, godli ~, lemman ~; ~ fo, ~ folk, ~ frend, ~) gode ~, ~ halwe, ~ love, etc.; (c) as one's superior in authority, power, rank, or status; ladi ~, lord ~, ~ aldre, ~ ladi, ~ maistresse, ~ lord, etc.; of God or Christ: helend ~, lord ~; ~ drihten, ~ lord (god, etc.; (d) as one's subordinate in rank, status, etc.; ~ gome, ~ hine, ~ hired-man, ~ man, ~ meine, ministres ~, ~ page, ~ thein, ~ theu, ~ thral, etc.

Used absol.: (a) that which originates with or pertains to me; that which is under my control or in my possession, of my own devising or invention; mine; ~ ouen; of ~ ouen; as predicate adjective: ben ~ (ouen; (b) someone who is, or those who are, affiliated with or related to me; ~ ouen, ich (me) and ~, an aunte of ~, ani of ~, on of ~, etc.; as predicate adjective: ben ~; as objective complement: holden..~ [quot.: Harrow.H.]; (c) in elliptical constructions, with implicit reference to an antecedent noun within or near the sentence: mine; ~ ouen; (d) maugre ~ [see maugre prep. (b)].