en. dises dises dirre
Dat. disem(e) disem(e) dirre
PLUR.
Nom. dise disiu dise
Acc. dise disiu dise
Gen. dirre dirre dirre
Dat. disen disen disen
5. RELATIVE.
Sec. 69.
A relative pronoun proper did not exist in the oldest periods of the
Germanic languages, and accordingly the separate languages expressed it
in various ways. In MHG. the following pronouns and adverbial particles
were used to express it:--
1. {d[e:]r}, {da[z]} (also used as a conjunction), {diu}, also in combination
with the particles {dar der d[a]}. 2. {s[o]}, {als[o]} ({alse}, {als}), _as_;
{sam} ({alsam}), _as_. 3. {d[a](r)}, _where_, {dar}, _thither, whither_,
{darinne}, _therein_, {dannen}, _wherefrom_, {darumbe}, _therefore_,
{d[o]}, _when, as._ 4. Indefinite relatives, as {sw[e:]r} (from {s[o] w[e:]r}),
_whoever_, {swelch}, _each who_, {sw[e:]der}, _who of two_; {sw[a]}, {swar},
_wherever_, {swannen}, {swanne} ({swenne}), _whenever_, {swie},
_however, howsoever._ 5. The conjunction {unde}, _and_.
6. INTERROGATIVE.
Sec. 70.
The MHG. simple interrogative pronoun has no independent form for the
feminine, and is declined in the singular only.
_Masc. Fem._ _Neut._
Nom. w[e:]r, _who_ wa[z]
Acc. w[e:]n wa[z]
Gen. w[e:]s w[e:]s
Dat. w[e:]m(e) w[e:]m(e)
Instr. wiu
In the same manner are declined the compounds:
{sw[e:]r} (from {s[o] w[e:]r}), _whoever_, {etew[e:]r}, {etesw[e:]r}, _anyone_,
{nei[z]w[e:]r} (= {ne wei[z] w[e:]r}, _I do not know who_), _anyone_.
{w[e:]der}, _who of two_, is declined like a strong adjective; {wel[i]ch}
({welch}), _which_, is also declined like a strong adjective, but the
nom. singular remains uninflected.
7. INDEFINITE.
Sec. 71.
{ander}, _other_; {dechein}, {dehein}, {dekein}, _no, none_; {dew[e:]der},
_neither_; {ein}, _one, some one_: when {ein} is used with the meaning
_alone_ it follows the weak declension; {etel[i]ch}, {etl[i]ch}, {etesl[i]ch},
{etsl[i]ch}, _anyone, many a_, pl. = _some_; {etew[e:]r}, {etesw[e:]r},
_anyone_; {etewa[z]}, _anything_; {iegel[i]ch}, {iesl[i]ch}, {iegesl[i]ch},
_each_; {ieman}, {iemen}, _someone, somebody_;
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