Ge

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Ge (IPA: /jeː/) was the second-person, plural, personal pronoun (subject case) in Old English. Modern scholars write this word ġē, to mark that the g was pronounced gently (IPA: [j]), and then e long (IPA: [e:]). The whole word would probably have sounded something like Modern English Yay!

Personal pronouns in Old English
			Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
1st	Singular		ic	me(c)	me	min
	Dual		wit	unc		uncer
	Plural		we	us		ure
2nd	Singular		þu	þe		þin
	Dual		git	inc		incer
	Plural		ge	eow		eower
3rd	Singular	Masculine	he	hine	him	his
		Neuter	hit	hit	him	his
		Feminine	heo	hie	hire	hire
	Plural		hie	hie	him	hira
			Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive