ȝit

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ġit, ġyt (“you twain”), from Proto-West Germanic *jit, from Proto-Germanic *jut. Compare the second-person plural pronoun ye.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ȝit (accusative inc, genitive inker, possessive determiner inker)

  1. (Early Middle English) Second-person dual pronoun: you twain, the two of you.

See also

Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st-person I, ich, ik me min
mi1		 min
2nd-person þou þe þin
þi1		 þin
3rd-person m he him
hine2		 him his his
hisen
f sche, heo hire
heo 		hire hire
hires, hiren
n hit hit
him2		 his, hit —
dual3 1st-person wit unk unker
2nd-person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st-person we us, ous oure oure
oures, ouren
2nd-person4 ye yow your your
youres, youren
3rd-person inh. he hem
he2		 hem here here
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeim þeir þeir
þeires, þeiren

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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