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1. sām(e pron.

Additional spellings: same
97 quotations in 2 senses
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Equivalent to a demonstrative or personal pronoun, of persons: the same one(s; the one(s; the (that, this, thilke) sam. …

2. sāmen pron.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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In phrase: that samen, the same one, that one. …

3. ǒures pron.

29 quotations in 2 senses
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Used absolutely: (a) ours; persons or things affiliated with us or belonging, pertaining, or relating to us; our people (things, etc.); (b) of oures, from ours, among ours, of ours; of our goods……

4. ǒuren pron.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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Belonging, pertaining, relating to, or affiliated with, us; ours; absol. our person or thing. …

5. ǒure-self(e pron.

Additional spellings: oureself, oure-selfe, oureselfe
56 quotations in 3 senses
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Emphatic pl. pron. having the same referent as the subject: ourselves: (a) as an appositive to the subject of a clause; (b) as reflexive object of a verb or an inf.; (c) as object of a preposition……

6. yẹ̄ pron.

196 quotations in 5 senses
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As subject of a verb or occas. an implied verb, with plural referent: you: (a) addressing more than one person, bird, object, abstraction, etc.; also, you and he [quot. c1475]; ye and youres (b)……

7. their-self pron.

Additional spellings: theirself
11 quotations in 2 senses
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Emphatic pl. pron., having the same referent as the subj.: themselves: (a) as appositive to the subj. of a clause; (b) as direct obj. of a verb, ppl., or an inf.;—occas. with inf. or compl. following……

8. theires pron.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Used absolutely, with ref. chiefly to persons: theirs, their own; their people, their land, their possessions, etc.;—occas. with sg. antecedent; maugre theires, against their will; of theires, of……

9. hires pron.

20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Used absol.: hers, her own; her property, her child, her desire, her heart, etc.; of hires, belonging to her; to..worshipe..hires, in honor of her; (b) in early use [prob. error]: her. …

10. theiren pron.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Used absolutely: theirs, those belonging to them. …

11. hē̆res pron.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Used absol.: theirs, their own; their people, their land, their name, etc.; for hem and heres, for themselves and their families; of heres, belonging to themselves; heres unthankes, against their……

12. nōn-mōr(e pron., adj., adv.

Additional spellings: nonmor, non-more, nonmore
41 quotations in 3 senses
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As pron.: no one else; no one greater; nothing more, nothing further, nothing else; -- also, in elliptical constructions: no greater wind, no larger field, etc.; no more efficacious tree. …

13. hiren pron.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Used absol.: hers, her own; her world, her property, her child, etc.; of hiren, of her own, of herself; (b) as poss. pron. [prob. error]: her. …

14. hō̆r-selfe pron.

Additional spellings: horselfe
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Themselves. …

15. 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……

16. hē̆ren pron.

24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Used absol.: theirs, their own, of them; their property, their folly, etc.; thei (hem) and heren, they (themselves) and their households; heren sheppend, the Creator of them; of heren, belonging……

17. 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. …

18. 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……

19. 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……

20. 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. …

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