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Basque
Pronunciation
Noun
heren inan or anim
- (fractional number) third
Declension
Declension of heren (animate and inanimate, ending in consonant)
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
heren f
- genitive plural of herna
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
heren
- plural of heer
- (archaic) genitive singular of heer
- In het jaar des heren — In the year of the Lord
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hēran, hīeran, hȳran (“to hear”).
- (infinitive): her, here, heiren, eren, heræn, heri, ȝere, hearen, hæren, har, heoren, hiren, hieren, huren, huiren
- (second-person singular simple present): hẹ̄rest, hẹ̄res, hūrest, herst, harste, hierst
- (third-person singular simple present): hẹ̄reth, hẹ̄res, hīreth, hiereth, hūreth, huireth, hers, hirs, hierth
- (plural simple present): hẹ̄ren, hẹ̄reth, hers, hæreth, heoreth, hīreth, hiereth, hūreth
- (singular simple past): hē̮rd, hē̮rde, hẹ̮̄red, hẹ̮̄rede, hærde, hā̮rd, hā̮rde, heorde, heorda, hī̮rde, hū̮rde, huirde
- (past participle): hē̮rd, hē̮rde, hẹ̮̄red, ẹ̮̄rde, hā̮rd, hā̮rde, hā̮rden, heord, heorde, hū̮rde
Verb
hẹ̄ren
- to hear
1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:[A]nd so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
From here, with influence from min and þin. Compare þeiren.
Pronoun
heren (nominative he)
- Third-person plural possessive pronoun: theirs, of them
Synonyms
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
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nominative
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accusative
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dative
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genitive
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possessive
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singular
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1st-person
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I, ich, ik
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me |
min mi1 |
min
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2nd-person
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þou
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þe |
þin þi1 |
þin
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3rd-person
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m
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he |
him hine2 |
him |
his |
his hisen
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f
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sche, heo |
hire heo
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hire |
hire hires, hiren
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n
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hit |
hit him2 |
his, hit |
—
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dual3
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1st-person
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wit
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unk
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unker
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2nd-person
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ȝit
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inc
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inker
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plural
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1st-person
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we
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us, ous |
oure |
oure oures, ouren
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2nd-person4
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ye
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yow |
your |
your youres, youren
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3rd-person
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inh.
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he |
hem he2 |
hem |
here |
here heres, heren
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bor.
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þei
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þem, þeim |
þeir |
þeir þeires, þeiren
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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.
References
Etymology 3
From Old English hǣran; equivalent to here + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
heren
- plural of here (“haircloth”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
heren
- (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of her