"he" meaning in Old English

See he in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /xeː/, [heː]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*hiz||this, this one}} Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”) Head templates: {{head|ang|pronoun|accusative|hine|genitive|his|dative|him|g=m|head=hē}} hē m (accusative hine, genitive his, dative him) Forms: hē [canonical, masculine], hine [accusative], his [genitive], him [dative], no-table-tags [table-tags], iċ [first-person, nominative, singular], mec [accusative, first-person, singular], mē [accusative, first-person, singular], mē [dative, first-person, singular], mīn [first-person, genitive, singular], þū [nominative, second-person, singular], þec [accusative, second-person, singular], þē [accusative, second-person, singular], þē [dative, second-person, singular], þīn [genitive, second-person, singular], hit [accusative, neuter, nominative, singular, third-person], him [dative, neuter, singular, third-person], his [genitive, neuter, singular, third-person], hē [masculine, nominative, singular, third-person], hine [accusative, masculine, singular, third-person], him [dative, masculine, singular, third-person], his [genitive, masculine, singular, third-person], hēo [feminine, nominative, singular, third-person], hīe [accusative, feminine, singular, third-person], hiere [dative, feminine, genitive, singular, third-person], wit [dual, first-person, nominative], unc [accusative, dual, first-person], uncit [accusative, dual, first-person], unc [dative, dual, first-person], uncer [dual, first-person, genitive], ġit [dual, nominative, second-person], inc [accusative, dual, second-person], incit [accusative, dual, second-person], inc [dative, dual, second-person], incer [dual, genitive, second-person], wē [first-person, nominative, plural], ūs [accusative, first-person, plural], ūsic [accusative, first-person, plural], ūs [dative, first-person, plural], ūser [first-person, genitive, plural], ūre [first-person, genitive, plural], ġē [nominative, plural, second-person], ēow [accusative, plural, second-person], ēowic [accusative, plural, second-person], ēow [dative, plural, second-person], ēower [genitive, plural, second-person], hīe [accusative, nominative, plural, third-person], him [dative, plural, third-person], heora [genitive, plural, third-person]
  1. he
    Sense id: en-he-ang-pron-Ny9-L9LQ
  2. it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)
    Sense id: en-he-ang-pron-jYQ3Q~6m
  3. they (singular) (denotes someone of unknown gender)
    Sense id: en-he-ang-pron-IgAbjBBO Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English pronouns Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 0 41 59 Disambiguation of Old English pronouns: 7 36 56

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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēow",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēowic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēow",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēower",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hīe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "him",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "accusative",
        "4": "hine",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "his",
        "7": "dative",
        "8": "him",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "hē"
      },
      "expansion": "hē m (accusative hine, genitive his, dative him)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "he"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "he",
          "he#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "it",
          "it"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "they (singular) (denotes someone of unknown gender)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "they",
          "they"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xeː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[heː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "he"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "he"
  ],
  "section": "Old English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "he",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "he"
  ],
  "section": "Old English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "he",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2447",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT Old English is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: his",
  "path": [
    "he"
  ],
  "section": "Old English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "he",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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