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In general the changes in me and ne adjectives were so insignificant that you can hardly find them in books. Pronouns

Most pronouns are declined by number, case and gender; in the plural form most pronouns have only one form for all genders. Additionally, Old English pronouns reserve the dual form (which is specifically for talking about groups of two things, for example "we two" or "you two" or "they two"). These were uncommon even then, but remained in use throughout the period.

First Person

Case

Singular

Plural

Dual

Nominative

ic, īc

wē

wit

Accusative

mec, mē

ūsic, ūs

uncit, unc

Genitive

mīn

ūre

uncer

Dative

mē

ūs

unc

Second Person

Case

Singular

Plural

Dual

Nominative

þū

gē

git

Accusative

þēc, þē

ēowic, ēow

incit, inc

Genitive

þīn

ēower

incer

Dative

þē

ēow

inc

Third Person

Case

Singular

Plural

Masc.

Neut.

Fem.

Nominative

hē

hit

hēo

hiē m., hēo f.

Accusative

hine

hit

hīe

hiē m., hīo f.

Genitive

his

his

hire

hiera m., heora f.

Dative

him

him

hire

him

Many of the forms above bear strong resemblances to their contemporary English language equivalents: for instance in the genitive case ēowerbecame "your", ūre became "our", mīn became "mine".

Post-Conquest English inherits its pronouns from Old English, with the exception of the third person plural, a borrowing from Old Norse (the original Old English form clashed with the third person singular and was eventually dropped):

Personal pronouns in Middle English

Singular

Plural

Subject

Object

Possessive

Subject

Object

Possessive

First

I

me

mi(n)

we

us

oure

Second

þou/thou

þee/thee

þy/thy

ye

you

your

Third

Impersonal

hit

it/him

his

he þey/they

hem þem/them

hir þeir/their

Masculine

he

him

his

Feminine

sche

hire

hir

Personal pronouns

The first-person pronouns are quite similar to those of Modern English, especially in prose, where you will generally see accusative singular mē rather than mec.

The second-person pronouns, on the other hand, have changed radically since the Old English period Modern English does not distinguish number or any case but the possessive; in fact there are now only two forms of the pronoun, you and your. By contrast, the second-person pronouns of Old English look a lot like the first-person pronouns, distinguishing number and at least three of the cases.