Referring to a specific member of a class and used anaphorically, pointing to a person or thing previously mentioned: the, that, this: (a) with noun; ~ weies (aweies), in this manner; (b) with noun, now further specified by an adj., a rel. clause, etc.; (c) with dem. pron.

With noun, referring to a specific member of a class and pointing to a person or thing not previously mentioned, but instead understood from the context or already known: the; also, with a noun denoting a condition or something owned: the, his; ~ daies, on that day; ~ someres, in the summer.

With noun, referring to a specific member of a class and pointing to a person or thing neither previously mentioned nor understood from the context nor already known: (a) pointing to a person or thing particularized by an adj., ordinal number, a gen. phrase, or prep. phrase: the; (b) pointing to a person or thing particularized by a rel. clause: the, that; (c) pointing to a thing particularized by a noun clause: the, that; (d) with a noun of time particularized by a temporal clause: the.

Having unique reference: (a) ~ caseres (popes, etc.), of the Emperor (of the Pope, etc.); ~ fulloghtes, of baptism; (b) with noun, noun phrase, or adj. as noun referring to God, the devil, etc.; (c) with abstract noun: ~ geleafen, of faith; (d) with noun denoting a part of the day; (e) with a title, an epithet, or a class noun in apposition to a personal or other name or a date: the; (f) used before an adj. preceding a personal name: the; (g) with the name of a place.

Having generic reference: (a) with noun, pointing to a species, class, or type, or to a representative of a type: the, a; ~ fir (water, etc.), fire (water, etc.); ~ mannes, man's; a man's; ~ mannes the, of him who, of the man who, of a man who; (b) with adj. or ppl. used as noun, pointing to a class or type: the; (c) with noun denoting the body, the mind, etc.: the; (d) with the name of a season of the year; also with noun denoting a time of the day.