Sche
Sche (pronounced [ʃeː]) was the feminine, third-person, singular, personal pronoun (subject case) in Middle English.
| Person / gender | Subject | Object | Possessive determiner | Possessive pronoun | Reflexive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||||||
| First | ic / ich / I I | me / mi me | min / minen [pl.] my | min / mire / minre mine | min one / mi selven myself | |
| Second | þou / þu / tu / þeou you (thou) | þe you (thee) | þi / ti your (thy) | þin / þyn yours (thine) | þeself / þi selven yourself (thyself) | |
| Third | Masculine | he he | him[lower-alpha 1] / hine[lower-alpha 2] him | his / hisse / hes his | his / hisse his | him-seluen himself |
| Feminine | sche[o] / s[c]ho / ȝho she | heo / his / hie / hies / hire her | hio / heo / hire / heore her | - hers | heo-seolf herself | |
| Neuter | hit it | hit / him it | his its | his its | hit sulue itself | |
| Plural | ||||||
| First | we we | us / ous us | ure[n] / our[e] / ures / urne our | oures ours | us self / ous silve ourselves | |
| Second | ȝe / ye you (ye) | eow / [ȝ]ou / ȝow / gu / you you | eower / [ȝ]ower / gur / [e]our your | youres yours | Ȝou self / ou selve yourselves | |
| Third | From Old English | heo / he | his / heo[m] | heore / her | - | - |
| From Old Norse | þa / þei / þeo / þo | þem / þo | þeir | - | þam-selue | |
| modern | they | them | their | theirs | themselves | |
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Many other variations are noted in Middle English sources due to difference in spellings and pronunciations. See Francis Henry Stratmann (1891). A Middle-English dictionary. [London]: Oxford University Press. and A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 TO 1580, A. L. Mayhew, Walter W. Skeat, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1888.
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