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1. all-thing, pron. and adv. View full entry eOE
...Everything. Now Sc....
2. anybody, n. and pron. View full entry 1490
...comb. of any and body in the sense of person (as in nobody, somebody): Any person, any one. It has all the...
3. aught, n.2, and pron., adj., and adv. View full entry a1000
...Anything whatever; anything. In interrogative, negative, and conditional contexts....
4. awbody, pron. View full entry ?1822
...Everybody....
5. dat, pron.1, adj., and adv. View full entry 1600
...In speech and representations of speech: = that...
6. dat, pron.2 View full entry 1600
...In speech and representations of speech: = that...
7. dem, pron. View full entry 1868
...Caribbean and Black English var. of them1, 3, 5....
8. † elsewhat, pron. View full entry c890
...Something or anything else....
9. † elsewho, pron. View full entry c1542
...Anyone else....
10. 'em, pron. View full entry c1380
...Originally the unstressed form of hem, dat. and accus. 3rd pers. pl. The emphatic form of the pronoun was early superseded by them, but the unstressed form continued...
11. † 'emˈselves, pron. View full entry 1699
...= themselves...
12. everybody, pron. View full entry a1533
...Every person, every one. everybody else: every other person. Sometimes incorrectly with pl. or ...
13. everything, pron. View full entry c1385
...A combination of every1 and thing As in anything, something, nothing, the subst. element has usually no definable meaning, the compound...
14. † heo, pron. View full entry 855
...The original 3rd singular feminine nominative pronoun, corresponding to he; the place of which is now taken by she Used of women, and of animals or things grammatically...
15. her, pron.2 View full entry c825
...The 3rd singular feminine objective pronoun. The female being in question: the objective case of she...
16. her, pron.3 View full entry c825
... As genitive case of the 3rd singular feminine personal pronoun: Of her; of the feminine being or thing in question....
17. hern, pron.1 View full entry 1340
...= hers...
18. † hern, pron.2 View full entry 1340
...= theirs...
19. herself, pron. View full entry 971
...As dative and (later) general objective....
20. † hi | hy, pron.1 View full entry c825
...3rd singular feminine objective personal pronoun; = her (acc.); also refl. herself. Used of females, and with nouns grammatically feminine: cf. heo...