Old English · pronoun
ge
- Part of speech
- pronoun
- IPA
- /jeː/
- Syllables
- jeː (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- youyeyeedoubledþūand
ge1 · conjunction
Senses
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and; often doubled as ġe... ġe... ("both... and...")
Sċeal iċ feor ġe nēah mīnes felalēofan fǣhðu drēogan. Hēht mec mon wunian on wuda bearwe, under āctrēo in þām eorðsċræfe.
I should far or near undergo foehood of my much-loved. The man bade me to live in wood grove, under an oak tree in the earthen-cave.
10th century, The Wife's Lament:
ge2 · pronoun
Senses
-
you (plural): nominative plural of þū
Inflection
| Form | |
|---|---|
| Nominative singular first-person | iċ |
| Accusative singular first-person | mēmec |
| Dative singular first-person | mē |
| Genitive singular first-person | mīn |
| Nominative singular second-person | þū |
| Accusative singular second-person | þēþec |
| Dative singular second-person | þē |
| Genitive singular second-person | þīn |
| Nominative accusative singular neuter third-person | hit |
| Dative singular neuter third-person | him |
| Genitive singular neuter third-person | his |
| Nominative singular masculine third-person | hē |
| Accusative singular masculine third-person | hine |
| Dative singular masculine third-person | him |
| Genitive singular masculine third-person | his |
| Nominative singular feminine third-person | hēo |
| Accusative singular feminine third-person | hīe |
| Genitive dative singular feminine third-person | hire |
| Nominative dual first-person | wit |
| Accusative dual first-person | uncuncit |
| Dative dual first-person | unc |
| Genitive dual first-person | uncer |
| Nominative dual second-person | ġit |
| Accusative dual second-person | incincit |
| Dative dual second-person | inc |
| Genitive dual second-person | incer |
| Nominative plural first-person | wē |
| Accusative plural first-person | ūsūsiċ |
| Dative plural first-person | ūs |
| Genitive plural first-person | ūreūser |
| Nominative plural second-person | ġē |
| Accusative plural second-person | ēowēowiċ |
| Dative plural second-person | ēow |
| Genitive plural second-person | ēower |
| Nominative accusative plural third-person | hīe |
| Dative plural third-person | him |
| Genitive plural third-person | heora |
All forms (34)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *jahw, from *ja + *-hw.
From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from *jīz, an early variation of Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian jī, Old Saxon gi, Dutch gij, Old High German ir (German ihr), Old Norse ér (Swedish I, later ni), Gothic (jus). The Indo-European root is also the source of Albanian ju, Proto-Baltic *ju- (Lithuanian jūs), Tocharian A yas, Tocharian B yes.
Descendants
ye, yee
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