"his" meaning in Middle English

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Determiner

IPA: /his/, /iz/ (note: mainly when unstressed) Forms: he [masculine, nominative, pronoun], hit [neuter, nominative, pronoun]
Etymology: From Old English his, from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|his}} Old English his, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hes||of this}} Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), {{der|enm|gem-pro|*hiz||this, this one}} Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*ḱe-}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, {{m|ine-pro|*ḱey-||this}} *ḱey- (“this”) Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner|nominative masculine pronoun|he|nominative neuter pronoun|hit}} his (nominative masculine pronoun he, nominative neuter pronoun hit)
  1. Third-person singular masculine possessive determiner: his, of him.
    Sense id: en-his-enm-det-enm:his
  2. Third-person singular neuter possessive determiner: its, of it.
    Sense id: en-his-enm-det-IxTpMufa
  3. Used in place of the possessive suffix -es to denote possession by an antecedent noun.
    Sense id: en-his-enm-det-HtyVdRxr Categories (other): Middle English determiners, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English personal pronouns, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English determiners: 30 30 39 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 27 28 36 2 7 Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 28 28 39 5 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 27 28 37 3 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: hys, hise, is, ys, hes, es, hyse, hiss, hisse, hyss, hysse, hijs, isse, hese, hesse, heis, heys, hus Related terms: I, ich, ik, me, minmi1, min, þou, þe, þinþi1, þin, he, himhine2, him, hishisen, sche, heo, hireheo, hire, hirehires, hiren, hit, hithim2, —, wit, unk, unker, ȝit, inc, inker, we, us, ous, oure, oureoures, ouren, ye, yow, your, youryoures, youren, hemhe2, hem, here, hereheres, heren, þei, þem, þeim, þeir, þeirþeires, þeiren

Pronoun

IPA: /his/, /iz/ (note: mainly when unstressed) Forms: he [nominative]
Etymology: From Old English his, from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|his}} Old English his, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hes||of this}} Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), {{der|enm|gem-pro|*hiz||this, this one}} Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*ḱe-}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, {{m|ine-pro|*ḱey-||this}} *ḱey- (“this”) Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|nominative|he}} his (nominative he)
  1. Third-person singular masculine genitive pronoun: his. Synonyms: hisen
    Sense id: en-his-enm-pron-enm:his2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: hys, hise, is, ys, hes, es, hyse, hiss, hisse, hyss, hysse, hijs, isse, hese, hesse, heis, heys, hus Related terms: I, ich, ik, me, minmi1, min, þou, þe, þinþi1, þin, he, himhine2, him, hishisen, sche, heo, hireheo, hire, hirehires, hiren, hit, hithim2, —, wit, unk, unker, ȝit, inc, inker, we, us, ous, oure, oureoures, ouren, ye, yow, your, youryoures, youren, hemhe2, hem, here, hereheres, heren, þei, þem, þeim, þeir, þeirþeires, þeiren

Pronoun

IPA: /his/, /iz/ (note: mainly when unstressed) Forms: heo [nominative]
Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|nominative|heo}} his (nominative heo)
  1. Third-person singular feminine genitive determiner: her, of her. Synonyms: hire, hies, as
    Sense id: en-his-enm-pron-enm:her
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hys, hise, is, ys, hes, es
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1470, Thomas Malory, Works",
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      "word": "þeir"
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