| Sing. | Plur. | |
|---|---|---|
| Acc. | sich | sich |
| Gen. | sīn (fem. ir) | ir |
| Dat. | im, ir | in |
3. Possessive.
mīn, my; dīn, thy; sīn, his; ir, her; unser, our; iuwer, your; ir, their.
They are declined like the strong adjective michel, great ([§ 55]). The dat. sing. forms dīnme, sīnme are generally contracted to dīme, sīme, see [§ 9, 3].
4. Demonstrative.
| Sing. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Masc. | Neut. | Fem. | |
| Nom. | dër, the | daȥ | diu |
| Acc. | dën | daȥ | die |
| Gen. | dës | dës | dër(e) |
| Dat. | dëm(e) | dëm(e) | dër(e) |
| Instr. | diu | ||
| Plur. | |||
| Masc. | Neut. | Fem. | |
| Nom. | die | diu | die |
| Acc. | die | diu | die |
| Gen. | dër(e) | dër(e) | dër(e) |
| Dat. | dën | dën | dën |
Like dër is also declined jener, that, except that the Nom., Acc. sg. neut. ends in -eȥ. dër, &c., is used both as definite article and relative pronoun.
[Note.—1.] For the fem. nom. sing. and the neut. nom. acc. pl. diu, the form die was sometimes used; and conversely diu for die in the fem. acc. singular. diu and die were sometimes weakened to de, and to d’ before words beginning with a vowel. daȥ was sometimes weakened to deȥ, and still further to ȥ which was then attached to a preceding word, as lātȥ kind = lāt daȥ kint; anȥ, inȥ = an, in daȥ. dēst, deis, dēs = daȥ ist.