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1. hẹ̄ pron.(2)

108 quotations in 4 senses
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As anaphoric or pers. pron., subject: (a) the female person referred to, she; (b) used pleonastically, or for emphasis; (c) with appositional adjunct; (d) he that, he the, he..that, she who.

2. hẹ̄ pron.(3)

83 quotations in 2 senses
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As subject: (a) of persons: they; (b) of animals or things: they; (c) used pleonastically, or repeated for emphasis; (d) with appositive following; (e) as noun; he of Normandi (Rome), the men of…

3. hē̆r(e pron. (possessive plural)

Additional spellings: here
202 quotations in 8 senses
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With reference to persons: (a) denoting possession in the broadest sense: their; (b) her ouen, their own; her two, their two, both of their; (c) with sg. antecedent.

4. him pron.

227 quotations in 10 senses
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As object of a verb or preposition, subject or object of infinitive, etc.: (a) with reference to persons: the male person referred to, him; (b) with reference to male animals or animals having…

5. hir(e pron.(1)

Additional spellings: hire
97 quotations in 6 senses
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With reference to persons: (a) denoting possession in a broad sense: her; (b) hir ouen, her own.

6. hir(e pron.(2)

Additional spellings: hire
159 quotations in 6 senses
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As direct or indirect object of a verb, object of a preposition or infinitive, etc.: (a) with reference to female persons: her; (b) with reference to female animals or to creatures having feminine…

7. his pron.(4)

40 quotations in 1 sense
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The plural object of a verb or an infinitive: them; -- referring to: (a) persons; mes, one them; caldes, called them; (b) animals; hes, he them; brogtes, brought them; (c) things; hes, he them; settes

8. iwhilch pron.

21 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Some people; (b) each one; anre iwhilch [OE ānra gehwilc], each one, every one.

9. mẹ̄-self pron.

Additional spellings: meself
40 quotations in 2 senses
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Emphatic sg. first person pron.: (a) as an appositive to the subject of a clause: myself; (b) as reflexive object of verb or inf.: myself; (c) as object of a preposition; (d) as dative.

10. noughtes pron.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Nothing; freten to noughtes, to devour (oneself) completely; (b) as adj.: of no value, worthless; powerless, ineffectual; (c) as adv.: nothing, not at all.

11. shẹ̄ pron.

165 quotations in 3 senses
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As anaph. or pers. pron.: (a) the female person referred to, she; (b) used pleonastically, or for emphasis; (c) with antecedent in apposition following: she; she this, usu. translating L haec or ista

12. thēs(e pron.

Additional spellings: these
76 quotations in 3 senses
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As anaph. or dem. pron., pointing to previously mentioned persons or things, a group, or a series of persons, things, actions, etc.: these, those, they; also, as direct obj. or obj. of a prep.: them…

13. thẹ̄-self pron.

Additional spellings: theself
46 quotations in 3 senses
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Emphatic sg. second person pron. used as an appositive to the subj. of a clause: thyself, yourself; also as appositive to the unexpressed subj. of a verb in the impv. [quot. ?c1200, 2nd; could also be…

14. thīn pron.

425 quotations in 9 senses
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Thy, thine, your, of yours;—modifying a noun denoting: (a) something in the charge, control, or possession of the person addressed; thin god (hous, lond, riche, etc.); (b) something rhetorically…

15. thī̆r(e pron.

Additional spellings: thire
18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Used anaphorically, pointing to previously mentioned persons, things, actions, etc.: these, they; also, these, them [quots. 1st & c1450(?a1400)]; alle thir; also, pointing to one of two previously…

16. this pron.

178 quotations in 4 senses
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As anaph. or dem. pron.: (a) pointing to a previously mentioned person or thing: this, this one, he, she, him, etc.; also, pointing to a previously mentioned group or series of ingredients, actions…

17. thō pron.(1)

19 quotations in 3 senses
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As anaph. or dem. pron., pointing to a previously mentioned thing, used as direct obj.: that one, that, it.

18. thōs(e pron.

Additional spellings: those
36 quotations in 2 senses
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As anaph. or dem. pron., pointing to previously mentioned persons, things, etc.: these, those, they; also, as direct obj. or obj. of a prep.: them: (a) with pron. alone; ?also as rel. pron.: which…

19. whan pron.

57 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) As indef. pron. referring to a person, used as direct obj. or obj. of a prep.: someone; (b) in adv. phrase: a litel whan, for a little while [cp. litel what phr. 2.(b)].

20. what-sō pron.

Additional spellings: whatso
52 quotations in 3 senses
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As an independent relative with indefinite or generalizing force referring to a thing, an abstraction, etc., introducing noun clauses: (a) functioning as direct obj. or occas. obj. of prep. in main…

21. whōm-sō pron.

Additional spellings: whomso
16 quotations in 2 senses
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As an independent relative with indefinite or generalizing force referring to a person or persons and used as obj. of various kinds, introducing noun clauses: (a) functioning as subj. in main clause…

22. whōm-sum pron.

Additional spellings: whomsum
2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) As indef. pron. referring to a person and used in dat. construction: anyone (b) as an independent relative with indefinite force referring to a person and used as direct obj., introducing a noun…

23. whōs pron.

175 quotations in 14 senses
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As indef. pron. referring to an abstraction and used as genitive obj. with bidden v.: anything.

24. whō-sō pron.

Additional spellings: whoso
135 quotations in 5 senses
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As indef. pron. referring to a person and used as subj.: (a) in subordinate clauses introduced by but conj.: a person, one, he or she [1st 2 quots. could also be construed as sense 2.(f)] (b) in…