hine - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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hine
hine f (genitive singular hine)
- henna (Lawsonia inermis) (shrub; dye; color)
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
hine
hine
From Old English hine. Originally an accusative form; gradually displaced by dative him.
hine (nominative he)
- Third-person singular masculine pronoun indicating a grammatical object: him.
- (reflexive) himself.
- Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object: it.
- (impersonal) Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object one, you.
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | possessive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st person | I, ich, ik | me | min mi1 |
min | |
| 2nd person | þou | þe | þin þi1 |
þin | ||
| 3rd person | m | he | him hine2 |
him | his | his hisen |
| f | sche, heo | hire heo |
hire | hire hires, hiren | ||
| n | hit | hit him2 |
his, hit | — | ||
| dual3 | 1st person | wit | unk | unker | ||
| 2nd person | ȝit | inc | inker | |||
| plural | 1st person | we | us, ous | oure | oure oures, ouren | |
| 2nd person4 | ye | yow | your | your youres, youren | ||
| 3rd person | inh. | he | hem he2 |
hem | here | here heres, heren |
| bor. | þei | þem, þeim | þeir | þeir þeires, þeiren |
1 Used preconsonantally or before h.
2 Early or dialectal.
3 Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.
- “hine, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018.
hine pl (masculine hin, feminine hi, neuter hitt)
hine
- accusative of hē: him
- Middle English: hine
hine
- accusative of hī: him