"us" meaning in Middle English

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Pronoun

IPA: /us/, /uːs/ Forms: we [nominative]
Etymology: From Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne-, *nō-, *n-ge-, *n-sme- (“us”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|ūs||us|pos=dative personal pronoun}} Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*uns||us}} Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*ne-}} Proto-Indo-European *ne-, {{m|ine-pro|*nō-}} *nō-, {{m|ine-pro|*n-ge-}} *n-ge-, {{m|ine-pro|*n-sme-||us}} *n-sme- (“us”) Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|nominative|we}} us (nominative we)
  1. First-person plural accusative pronoun: us.
    Sense id: en-us-enm-pron-CiypVsh4
  2. (reflexive) ourselves. Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-us-enm-pron-7wElKF22
  3. (reciprocal) each other. Tags: reciprocal
    Sense id: en-us-enm-pron-CLiJvxaa Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English personal pronouns, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 42 1 57 Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 32 12 57 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 38 3 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: we, ous, os, hus, usse, hous
Related terms: I, ich, ik, me, minmi1, min, þou, þe, þinþi1, þin, he, himhine2, him, his, hishisen, sche, heo, hireheo, hire, hirehires, hiren, hit, hithim2, —, wit, unk, unker, ȝit, inc, inker, we, ous, oure, oureoures, ouren, ye, yow, your, youryoures, youren, hemhe2, hem, here, hereheres, heren, þei, þem, þeim, þeir, þeirþeires, þeiren

Alternative forms

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
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