Old English · pronoun
se
Normalised sē
- Part of speech
- pronoun
- IPA
- /seː/
- Syllables
- seː (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- that onethe onethatthewhichwhowhat
se1 · article
Senses
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the
sē mōna
the moon
se2 · determiner
Senses
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that
Sele mē þone hamor.
Give me that hammer.
se3 · noun · feminine · alternative form
Senses
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alternative form of sēo
Declension · weak n-stem
se4 · pronoun
Senses
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that
Hē fōr hām, and æfter þām ne ġeseah iċ hine nǣfre mā.
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
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the one / that one
Hēo nis sēo þe þū oferreċċan þearft.
She's not the one you need to convince.
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that, who, what, which
Đa was on þā tīd Æðelbyrht cyning hāten on Centrīċe, ⁊ mihtiġ: hē hæfde rīċe ōð ġemæro Humbre strēames, sē tōsċēadeð sūðfolce Angelþēode ⁊ nordfolc.
At that time the powerful Athelbert was king of the kingdom of Kent; his authority extended to the boundary of the Humber, which divides the southern English from the northern English.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Inflection
| Form | |
|---|---|
| Nominative singular masculine | sēþē |
| Nominative singular feminine | sēoþēo |
| Nominative singular neuter | þæt |
| Accusative singular masculine | þone |
| Accusative singular feminine | þā |
| Accusative singular neuter | þæt |
| Genitive singular masculine | þæs |
| Genitive singular feminine | þǣre |
| Genitive singular neuter | þæs |
| Dative singular masculine | þāmþǣm |
| Dative singular feminine | þǣre |
| Dative singular neuter | þāmþǣm |
| Instrumental singular masculine | þonþȳþē |
| Instrumental singular feminine | þǣre |
| Instrumental singular neuter | þonþȳþē |
| Nominative plural | þā |
| Accusative plural | þā |
| Genitive plural | þāra |
| Dative plural | þāmþǣm |
| Instrumental plural | þāmþǣm |
se5 · verb · alternative form
Senses
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alternative form of sīen
All forms (20)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *siz, replacing earlier *sā, from Proto-Germanic *sa.
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