Old English · pronoun

heo

Meaning

she

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 20:15

She thought it was the gardener.
it (when the thing being referred to is grammatically feminine)

early 8th century, Beowulf, line 455

Fate goes always as it must.

Inflection of heo
	Form
Nominative singular first-person	iċ
Accusative singular first-person	mē mec
Dative singular first-person	mē
Genitive singular first-person	mīn
Nominative singular second-person	þū
Accusative singular second-person	þē þec
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	unc uncit
Dative dual first-person	unc
Genitive dual first-person	uncer
Nominative dual second-person	ġit
Accusative dual second-person	inc incit
Dative dual second-person	inc
Genitive dual second-person	incer
Nominative plural first-person	wē
Accusative plural first-person	ūs ūsiċ
Dative plural first-person	ūs
Genitive plural first-person	ūre ūser
Nominative plural second-person	ġē
Accusative plural second-person	ēow ēowiċ
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

From Proto-West Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (“this, this one”).

she