Git (IPA: /jɪt/) was the second-person, dual, personal pronoun (subject case) in Old English.
Modern scholars write this word ġit, to mark that the g is pronounced gently (IPA: [j]).
The whole word would probably have sounded something like Modern English eat — *yeat.
| Nom | Acc | Dat | Gen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sing | ic | me(c) | me | min | |
| Dual | wit | unc | uncer | |||
| Plur | we | us | ure | |||
| 2nd | Sing | þu | þe | þin | ||
| Dual | git | inc | incer | |||
| Plur | ge | eow | eower | |||
| 3rd | Sing | M | he | hine | him | his |
| N | hit | hit | him | his | ||
| F | heo | hie | hire | hire | ||
| Plur | hie | hie | him | hira | ||
| Nom | Acc | Dat | Gen | |||
External links
- Baker, Peter S. 'Pronouns'. In Peter S. Baker. The Electronic Introduction to Old English. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003, c. 5.
