Etymology 1
From Old English hēo , hīe . Probably a doublet of sche ; see that entry for more.
he , hie , hi , hye , hy , hoe , ho , hue , hu , hw , ȝeo , ȝe , ȝhe , ȝoe , ȝo , ȝho , yhe , yo , yio , ge , ghe , ha , a
Pronoun
heo (accusative his , heo , genitive hire , possessive determiner hires )
Third-person singular feminine nominative pronoun: she
Third-person singular feminine accusative pronoun: her
It ; used also of inanimate objects
See also
More information nominative, accusative ...
nominative
accusative
dative
genitive
possessive
singular
1st-person
I , ich , ik
me min mi 1 min
2nd-person
þou
þe þin þi 1 þin
3rd-person
m
he him hine 2 him his his hisen
f
sche , heo hire heo
hire hire hires , hiren
n
hit hit him 2 his , hit —
dual 3
1st-person
wit
unk
unker
2nd-person
ȝit
inc
inker
plural
1st-person
we
us , ous oure oure oures , ouren
2nd-person 4
ye
yow your your youres , youren
3rd-person
inh.
he hem he 2 hem here here heres , heren
bor.
þei
þem , þeim þeir þeir þeires , þeiren
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Middle English personal pronouns
1 Used preconsonantally or before h .
2 Early or dialectal.
3 Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Etymology 2
Pronoun
heo
Alternative form of he ( “ he ” )
Etymology 3
Pronoun
heo
Alternative form of he ( “ they ” )
Pronoun
hēo f (accusative hīe , genitive hire , dative hire )
she
c. 990 , Wessex Gospels , John 20:15
Hēo wēnde þæt hit sē wyrtweard wǣre.She thought it was the gardener.
c. 996 , Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Þā hēo þis ġehīerde, þā smearcode hēo wiþ his weardes. When she heard this, she smiled in his direction.
it (when the thing being referred to is feminine)
early 8th century , Beowulf , line 455
Gǣþ ā wyrd swā hēo sċeal. Fate goes always as it must.
c. 992 , Ælfric , "St. Benedict, Abbot"
Sē Dēofol wearp ānne stān tō þǣre bellan þæt hēo eall tōsprang. The Devil threw a rock at the bell so it broke into pieces.
The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
Sēo sunne biþ swā rēad on ǣfen for þon þe hēo lōcaþ ufan on helle. The sun is so red in the evening because it looks down on hell.
Heo