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- pronoun Obsolete spelling of
him .
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Examples
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Suche as he axeth for {e}/loke ye plese hym to pay, þañ hold it to hym̅ a brode, his body þ {er} - in to array;
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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And he answered him that wente of that message, that he hadd warnyd all hir gracs s'vaunts, not beinge appointed to wayte dayly, uppon there alegiuance not to come eny nerer thys howse then hys lodginge, and was, as he saide, for hys owne p [ar] te sorye theye should sooe mysuse them selfes, p [ro] mysinge to dooe as much as lyeth in hym that yt shall nooe nmore be sooe.
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Wel maye theise mẽ be answered/as the lorde answered Peter/whẽ he called hym/sayinge:
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I will call hym to you, and ye bidde me doubtlesse.
Ralph Roister Doister Nicholas Udall 1530
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_ But rather thou woldest call hym humanite it selfe if thou dydest well know hym.
The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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"Sometimes with a guy like that, you just play 'hym' defense - hope you miss," Sampson said about Emmett.
NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech 2002
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And "My lorde useth and accustomyth yerly to gyf hym which is ordynede to be Master of the Revells yerly in my lordis hous in Cristmas for the overseyinge and orderinge of his lordschips Playes, Interludes, and Dresinge that is plaid befor his lordship in his hous in the XII dayes of Christenmas, and they to have in rewarde for that caus yerly, xxs."
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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“Goe thy wayes (quod her maistres) and call hym hether.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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Troy 7030 The duke with a dynt derit hym agayn, at the viser & the ventaile voidet hym fro. c1400 Anturs of Arth. xxxii, Then he auaylet vppe his viserne fro his ventalle. c1470 Gol.
Medallion Vulcan | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
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After thanking Wriothelesly for how he treated her servant, Mary then requested that Wriothelesly take Queen Catherine's old servant, Anthony Coke, into service and declared pointedly that "I do love hym well."
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