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Middle English
- she, che, se, sheo, scheo, scheu, scheue, ȝho, sse, sso, sȝheo, sce, sge, xe, scæ, shoe, schou, schowe, shouȝ, shue, schu, schue, shae, scha, schoe, sco, cho, so, sho, scho, shoy, schoy, cheo, choy, sheu, shou, shuo, xhe
Etymology
Most likely from Old English hēo, hīo (“she”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”), but see she for more. Compare heo.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
sche (accusative hire, genitive hire, possessive determiner hires, hiren)
- Third-person singular feminine pronoun: she
- It; used also of inanimate objects
Usage notes
- In addition to referring to female humans and animals, this pronoun was used for inanimate objects belonging to the feminine grammatical gender early in Middle English. As grammatical gender obsolesced, this pronoun continued to refer to inanimate objects.
Descendants
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
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|
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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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1 Used preconsonantally or before
h.
2 Early or dialectal.
3 Dual 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.
4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.
References
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin sī.
Conjunction
sche
- if