Old English · noun
oþer had
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
Meaning
the second person
Sē ōðer hād is þe sē forma spricþ tō ("þū sæġst", oþþe maniġfealdlīċe "ġē seċġaþ").
The second person is whoever the first person talks to ("you say", or in the plural "you guys say").
c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
Etymology
Equivalent to ōþer (“second”) + hād (“grammatical person”)
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