Old English Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

1st Person

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nom	ic	wit	wē
Gen	mīn	uncer	ūser, ūre
Dat	mē	unc	ūs
Acc	mec, mē	uncit, unc	ūsic, ūs

2nd Person

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nom	þū	git	gē
Gen	þīn	incer	ēower
Dat	þe	inc	ēow
Acc	þe, þec	incit, inc	ēowic, ēow

3rd Person

	Singular			Plural
	Masc	Neut	Fem	(all)
Nom	hē	hit	hēo, hīe	hēo, hīe
Gen	his	his	hire	hira
Dat	him	him	hire	him, heom
Acc	hine	hit	hēo, hīe	hēo, hīe

Demonstrative Pronouns

Sē 'that'

	Singular			Plural
	Masc	Neut	Fem	(all)
Nom	sē	þæt	sēo	þā
Gen	þæs	þæs	þære	þæāra, þæra
Dat	þæm, þām	þæm, þām	þære	þæm, þām
Acc	þone	þæt	þā	þā
Inst	þȳ, þē, þon	þȳ, þē, þon	–	–

Þēs 'this'

	Singular			Plural
	Masc	Neut	Fem	(all)
Nom	þēs	þis	þēos	þās
Gen	þisses	þisses	þisse, þeosse	þissa, þeossa
Dat	þissum	þissum	þisse, þeosse	þissum, þeossum
Acc	þisne	þis	þās	þās
Inst	þȳs, þīs	þȳs, þīs	–	–

Interrogative Pronouns

	Masc (who)	Neut (what)
Nom	hwā	hwæt
Gen	hwæs	hwæs
Dat	hwæm, hwam	hwæm, hwam
Acc	hwone	hwæt
Inst	hwī, hwon	hwī, hwon

Other interrogatives:

hwilc, hwelc 'which' (declined as a strong adjective)
hwonne 'when'
hwǣr 'where'
hwider 'whither'
hwonan 'whence'

Relative Pronouns

There are no specific relative pronouns. Instead, there are three options for the making of a relative clause:

- The relative particle þe (undeclinable)
- The personal pronoun sē + þe
- The personal pronoun sē alone

Sometimes swilc 'such' or swā 'as' may be used instead.

Indefinite Pronouns

ælc 'each'
swilc 'such'
ān 'a, an'
ōþer 'a second, other'
ænig 'any'
nænig 'none'
sum 'a certain'

Interrogatives used as Indefinites:

hwā 'anyone, someone, etc.'
hwæþer 'whichever'
hwilc 'whichever, whosoever'

Interrogatives used with swā:

swā hwā swā 'whosoever'
swā hwæþer swā 'whichever of two'

Interrogatives in Context:

āhwā 'anyone'
āhwæt 'anything'
nāhwæþer 'neither'
ægwæþer, ægþer 'either'
āhwæþer, āþer, ōþer 'either'
æghwā, æthwā, gehwā 'each'
æghwilc, gehwilc 'each'
sumhwȳlc 'someone'
hwæthwega 'something'
hwilcwega 'any one'
æthwega 'somewhat'

Other Substantive Indefinites:

āwiht, āwuht, āuht, āht, ōwiht, ōwuht, ōht 'aught, anything'
nāwiht, nāuht, nāht, nōht, nānwuht 'naught, nothing'

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