Not satisfied with joining he (they) to the pronoun is, the author of this poem occasionally employs the more perplexing combination hem = he + hem, he, them.
bred kalueſ fleiſ, and flures bred,
Roasted calves' flesh, and flour-bread,
And buttere, hem ðo sondes bed,
And butter, he them the messengers offered.—(l. [1014].)
In ſichem feld ne fonde hem nogt,
In Shechem field found he them not.—(l. [1933].)
Ðo ſette ſundri hem to waken,
Then set sundry he them to watch.—(l. [2551].)
ðo ſeide ðuſ quanne hem cam dun,