Noun in Middle English
OE ME OE ME
s
cipe
(Dat.,
sing.)
stān
(Nom.,
sing.)
s


cipu
(Nom.,
pl.)
shipe
(ModE
ship) stānes
(Gen.,
sing.) stānes
s
cipa
(Gen.,
pl.)
stānas
(Nom.,
pl.)
stānas (Acc., pl.)
Pronoun
Old English
Singular
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
Masc. Femin. Neut.
N. ic N. þū (thow) N. hē N. hēo N. hit
G. mīn G. þīn G. his G. hire G. his
D. mē D. þē D. him D. hire D. him
Ac. mē (mec) Ac. Þē, þēc Ac. hine Ac. hīe, hi Ac. hit
Dual
1st pers. 2nd pers.
N. wit (we two) N. it (you two)
G. uncer G. incer
D. unc D. inc
Acc. unc, uncit Acc. inc, incit
Plural
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
N. wē N. e N. hīe (hī, hy, hēo)
G. ūre G. ēower G. hiera (hira, hyra, hiora)
D. ūs D. ēow D. him, heom
Ac. ūs (usic) Ac. ēow, ēowic Ac. hīe (hī, hy, hēo)
Middle English
The development of Personal pronouns
Singular
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
Masc. Femin. Neut.
N. ich, i N. thow N. hē N. hē (shē) N. hit. it
Obj. mē Obj. thē Obj. him Obj. hir, her Obj. hit, it
Plural
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
N. wē N. yē N. hī (they)
Obj. us Obj. yow Obj. hem (them)
The development of Possessive pronouns
Middle English
Singular
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
Masc. Femin. Neut.
Mīn, mī thīn, thī his hir. her his
Plural
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
Our your hire, their
The development of Demonstrative pronouns
Singular Plural
Masc. Neut. Femin.
N. sē N. þæt N. sēo N. þā
G. þæs G. þæs G. þære G. þāra, þæra
D. þæm D. þæm D. þære D. þæm, þām
Ac. þone Ac. þæt Ac. þā Ac. þā
Instr. Þy, þone Insr. Þon, Þy Instr. þære Instr. þæm, þām
N. þēs N. þis N. þēos N. þās
G. þisses G. þisses G. Þisse G. Þissa
D. þissum D. Þissum D. þisse D. þissum
Acc. þisne Acc. Þis Acc. þās Acc. þās
Instr. Þis Instr. Þis Instr. Þisse Instr. þissum
