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† hemen, hymen, -yn, pron. Obs. exc. dial.
[A form of the 3rd person pronoun dative-accusative plural, found in s.w. before 1400 (many instances in Sir Ferumbras). It appears to have been formed from the dat.-acc. pl. hem, hym (perh. for its clearer differentiation from 3 sing. masc. him, hym), by addition of the southern pl. ending -en (-yn); cf. the double plurals childr-en, brethr-en, ky-en, kyne, also of southern origin; and the analogous mod.Ger. dat. pl. ihn-en, from MHG. în, OHG. im, in, differentiated from the acc. sing. ihn by the same suffix. Already in 14th c. the metre shows that it was often reduced in pronunciation and combination to 'men, 'myn, which, with the spelling min, mun, is still characteristic of Devonshire dialect.]
= them.
1. Dative. To them.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 1395 Ryche garnymentz forþ sche drow, & by-tok hymen [= 'men] for to were. Ibid. 1963 So þow schalt hemen alle schewe, þat þay buþ al mys-went.
b. after preposition. Them.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 1567 A cryede to hymen wel an heȝ, & þus he hymen grette. Ibid. 1672 Euerech of hymen þan tok an hed. Ibid. 1749 With hymen schalt þou al þyng fynde þat þov hast to ous y-said. 1866‘N. Hogg’ Poems Ser. ii. 6 An zlayp'd way bothe aw-min under tha close.
2. Accusative. Them.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 3542 To holde hymen [= 'men] þo with-inne. Ibid. 4239 Þan clepede he hemen þat were most worthyest. Ibid. 4261 Ylefte hymen murye, & in god aray. 1746Exmoor Scolding 270 (E.D.S.) If e'er tha comst to Hewn only to zey men. Ibid. 419 Twonty Nobles a Year and a Puss to put min in. 1866‘N. Hogg’ Poems Ser. ii. 3 Ma spurrit..Zeth ‘Doant put min inta rime.’ Ibid. 6 Hur'd car'd min upstairs.
3. refl. Themselves, to themselves.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 2476 Þe amerel & is host..armede hymen ecchon. Ibid. 3022 Ac hymen duste doun on þe fon. |