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Old English · pronoun

se

Normalised sē

Part of speech
pronoun
IPA
/seː/
Syllables
seː (1 syllable)
Modern English
that onethe onethatthewhichwhowhat

se1 · article

Senses

  1. the

    sē mōna

    the moon

se2 · determiner

Senses

  1. that

    Sele mē þone hamor.

    Give me that hammer.

se3 · noun · feminine · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of sēo

Declension · weak n-stem

Declension of se
SingularPlural
Nominative sēsēan
Accusative sēansīansēan
Genitive sēansēanasēna
Dative sēansēomsēam

se4 · pronoun

Senses

  1. that

    Hē fōr hām, and æfter þām ne ġeseah iċ hine nǣfre mā.

    He went home, and after that I never saw him again.

  2. the one / that one

    Hēo nis sēo þe þū oferreċċan þearft.

    She's not the one you need to convince.

  3. 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

Inflection of se
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

  1. alternative form of sīen

All forms (20)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *siz, replacing earlier *sā, from Proto-Germanic *sa.

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