Middle English Dictionary Entry
prō̆nǒun(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prō̆nǒun(e n. |
| Etymology | From ME nǒun ; modeled after L prōnōmen & OF pronon. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. A pronoun.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)107 : How knowest a pronoun? A party of reson declynyd, the whych is sette for a propre name and reseueth certayn person. How many pronounes bether? xv: ego, tu, sui, jlle, [etc.].
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)108 : How many thynges falleth to a pronoun? Vj:..qualite, gendre, noumbre, ffigure, person, and case.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1022 : How many maneer pronownnys be þer? Xv..Ego, tu, sui, ille, ipse, iste, hic, & is, meus, tuus, suus, noster, & vester, nostras & vestras.
- a1500 Donatus(2) (Dc 103)1028 : How mony partyse of speche ben þer? Viij..Nowne, pronowne, verbe, aduerbe, partycypull', coniunccion, preposicion, and jnterieccion.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(1) (Pen 356B)3/120 : How knos þu a pronown? A pronowne ys a party of spech þe wych ys set for a mon and resayuys certayn person and certen nowmbyr.
- a1500 Add.37075 Accedence (Add 37075)46/80 : How know ye a pronown? For he is sett for a propir nown and sumtyme receuyth certeyn person.
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