best
mest
erest
lest
wurst
last
next

uorme,  uormest
vuemest


ower,  ouwer,  owr,  our
ou
ou

Min  and  fin  are  only  used  as  possessives.  They  are  to  some
extent  inflected  like  adjectives.  The  final  letter  is  sometimes
jdropped,  leaving  mi,  fi.  pu  fin,  etc.,  and  all  other  pronouns,  be-
ginning with  f  change  it  into  /  when  preceded  by  a  word  ending
in  d  or  /,  as  in  the  following  : — fi  stefne  is  me  swete,  &  ti  hwite
chene,  thy  voice  is  sweet  to  me,  and  thy  face  fair;  hwo  haueS  ihurt
te,  who  shall  hurt  thee  j>

%d  Person

Sing.  PL

m.  f.
he  heo


N.
G.  his
D.  him
A.   hine,  him


hire
hire
hire


n.
hit

his

him  (hit)

hit


m.    f.
heo
hore
ham
ham


OLD  SOUTH  ENGLISH  GRAMMAR.  557

ha  occurs  a  few  times  as  nom.  pL  ;  heom  sometimes  for  ham.
Sing.  PI.
m.  f.  n.  m.    f.      n.
N.    pe  *  ]> eo  *  pet  *  peo  *

G.   pes  ?  f er

Z>.   fen  per  pen  pen,  peo

y4.    pene  peo  pet  peo  *

All  these  forms  occur  as  articles  besides  pe  which  is  used  foi
any  case.  Those  marked  *  are  also  used  independently  as  pro-
nouns : — p£  is  federleas  pet  haueft  .  .  .  vorlore  pene  Veder  of
heouene,  he  is  fatherless  who  hath  lost  the  Father  of  heaven  ;  \ec
de$  also  ]>eo  is  betere  pen  ich  am,  she  doth  so,  she  is  better  than  I
am.  pet  with  the  meaning  of  '  that'  is  used  without  reference  to
gender ;  its  plural  is  peo.  pet  is  also  used  as  an  indeclinable
relative  pronoun.
Of  'pes ''  this,  these  forms  occur  : —

Sing.  PL

m.  f.  n.  m.    f.     n.
