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se, demonstrative pronoun; relative pronoun. A. demonstrative. 1. the; that. 2. that one; he; she; it. 3. this; the aforementioned. B. relative. who; which; that which; that.

These spellings occur in the Old English Aerobics texts:

 masculineneuterfeminineplural
nominativese þæt Þæt tæt sēo sīo þā Þā
accusativeþone þæne Þone þæt Þæt þat þā þā Þā ðā’
genitiveþæs Þæs þæs þǣre þǣra ðāra Þāra
dativeðām þān þǣm ðām ðǣm þān þǣre þēr þām þǣm
instrumentalþȳ ðī Þȳ þȳ þon ðē þe

This word occurs 1228 times in the Old English Aerobics Anthology. To see a list of occurrences of se in a text, click a title below. Click a line- or sentence-number to see the word in context.

Beowulf

Alfred the Great's Preface

Battle of Finnesburh

  • 20 ðǣre. the.
  • 23 ðā. the.
  • 31 ðǣre. the.
  • 42 ðā. the.
  • 47 ðā. the.
  • 48 ðǣra. the.

Battle of Maldon

  • 5 þæt. the.
  • 6 se. the.
  • 8 þæs. the.
  • 8 þǣre. the.
  • 9 þām. that.
  • 9 se. the.
  • 10 þām. the.
  • 19 þone. the.
  • 22 þæt. the.
  • 27 se. he.
  • 28 þām. the.
  • 34 þām. that.
  • 35 þām. the.
  • 36 þat. that.
  • 40 þām. the.
  • 48 þā. the.
  • 63 þām. the.
  • 64 þām. the.
  • 69 se. the.
  • 72 Se. the.
  • 72 Þā. the.
  • 74 þā. the.
  • 75 se. who.
  • 76 þæt. that.
  • 77 ðone. the.
  • 78 þā. the.
  • 81 þā. who.
  • 81 þām. the.
  • 82 ðā. the.
  • 84 þæt. that.
  • 88 þone. the.
  • 89 se. the.
  • 95 þǣre. the.
  • 96 þā. the.
  • 102 þone. the.
  • 102 þæt. the.
  • 104 sēo. the.
  • 111 se. the.
  • 120 Þæs. of that.
  • 121 þām. the.
  • 131 þæs. the.
  • 132 þām. the.
  • 134 se. the.
  • 136 ðām. the.
  • 136 se. the.
  • 137 þæt. the.
  • 138 se. the.
  • 139 þā. the.
  • 140 se. the.
  • 141 ðæs. the.
  • 142 þām. the.
  • 144 sēo. the.
  • 145 ðā. the.
  • 146 Se. the.
  • 148 ðæs. the.
  • 150 se. it.
  • 151 ðone. the.
  • 153 se. who.
  • 154 þām. the.
  • 155 se. the.
  • 157 se. he.
  • 159 þām. the.
  • 160 þæs. the.
  • 163 þā. the.
  • 165 þæs. the.
  • 168 þæt. the.
  • 174 þǣra. the.
  • 182 þā. the.
  • 184 ðā. who.
  • 187 þone. the.
  • 189 þone. the.
  • 190 þām. the.
  • 193 þone. the.
  • 193 þām. the.
  • 194 þæt. the.
  • 196 þā. the.
  • 199 þām. the.
  • 202 þæs. the.
  • 212 þā. the.
  • 220 þǣre. that.
  • 223 þæt. that.
  • 227 se. he.
  • 227 þām. that.
  • 239 þæs. that.
  • 240 þām. the.
  • 245 þām. the.
  • 246 þæt. that.
  • 261 þā. the.
  • 265 se. the.
  • 268 þām. the.
  • 273 se. the.
  • 277 þā. the.
  • 277 þone. the.
  • 278 þām. the.
  • 284 sēo. the.
  • 286 þone. the.
  • 289 þæt. that which.
  • 300 þām. the.
  • 305 þā. the.
  • 310 se. he.
  • 322 þā. the.
  • 323 þām. the.
  • 325 ðā. the.
  • 325 se. the.
  • 325 þæt. that.

Boethius on Fame

Cynewulf and Cyneheard

Dream of the Rood

  • 6 þæt. that.
  • 9 þām. the.
  • 13 se. the.
  • 18 þæt. that.
  • 20 þā. the.
  • 21 þæt. that.
  • 21 þǣre. that.
  • 28 þæt. that.
  • 28 Þæt. that.
  • 39 þæt. that.
  • 42 se. the.
  • 46 þā. the.
  • 49 þæs. the.
  • 50 þām. that.
  • 58 þæt. that.
  • 58 þām. the.
  • 59 þām. the.
  • 61 þā. the.
  • 61 ðām. the.
  • 65 ðām. the.
  • 66 ðæt. that.
  • 68 þā. the.
  • 69 þām. the.
  • 74 Þæt. that.
  • 78 se. the.
  • 95 se. the.
  • 107 se. who.
  • 111 se. the.
  • 111 þām. the.
  • 112 se. the.
  • 112 þǣre. the.
  • 114 ðām. the.
  • 119 ðā. the.
  • 122 þān. the.
  • 127 þone. the.
  • 129 ðām. that.
  • 131 þǣre. the.
  • 143 þām. the.
  • 146 þām. the.
  • 150 þām. the.
  • 150 Se. the.
  • 154 ðām. the.

Fall of Adam and Eve

Husband's Message

  • 13 se. who.
  • 29 se. the.
  • 37 þæt. that.
  • 44 se. that.
  • 52 þā. the.
  • 52 þā. the.

Judith

  • 12 þȳ. the.
  • 53 þe. the.
  • 92 þon. the.

Life of St Æthelthryth

Lyric for Advent

  • 10 þā. the.
  • 12 þā. those.
  • 17 þæt. the.
  • 20 þæt. which.
  • 20 sēo. the.
  • 23 se. the.
  • 24 þæs. of that.

Martyrdom of Ælfheah

Ohthere and Wulfstan

Selection of Riddles

  • e1 se. the.
  • c14 þǣre. the.
  • c9 þā. the.
  • c8 sēo. it.
  • c5 þǣre. the.
  • c4 þām. the.
  • c4 þām. the.
  • f5 þāra. the.

Sermo Lupi ad Anglos

Story of Cædmon

Waldere

  • 8 se. the.
  • 13 ðām. the.
  • 21 ðām. the.
  • 24 ðī. the.
  • 25 ðȳ. which.
  • 28 ðām. the.
  • 28 ðām. the.
  • 32 ðā’. the.
  • 34 ðām. that.
  • 38 ðī. the.
  • 59 ðām. the.
  • 61 ðā. the.
  • 63 þæt. the.

Wanderer

  • 16 se. the.
  • 49 þȳ. the.
  • 77 þā. the.
  • 78 þā. the.
  • 82 se. the.
  • 88 Se. he.
  • 95 sēo. that.
  • 100 sēo. the.
  • 113 þā. the.
  • 115 sēo. the.

Wife's Lament

  • 2 þæt. that.
  • 11 þæt. that.
  • 11 þæs. the.
  • 23 þæt. that.
  • 28 þām. the.
  • 40 þǣre. the.
  • 41 þæs. the.
  • 44 þon. that.
  • 50 se. that.
  • 52 þām. him.

William the Conqueror

Wulf and Eadwacer

  • 5 þæt. that.
  • 11 se. the.
  • 12 þon. that.
  • 18 Þæt. that.

Ælfric on the Book of Job

Exercises and sample sentences

  • Þȳ. the.
  • þā. the.
  • Se. the.
  • se. the.
  • þone. the.
  • þone. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þām. the.
  • þǣre. that.
  • þone. which.
  • þām. the.
  • se. the.
  • þǣre. the.
  • þæs. the.
  • þone. which.
  • þæs. the.
  • þā. the.
  • se. the.
  • þā. those.
  • þā. the.
  • þone. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • þām. that.
  • ðā. the.
  • þā. the.
  • se. which.
  • þām. that.
  • þām. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • þæt. which.
  • þæt. the.
  • ðā. which.
  • þā. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • sēo. the.
  • se. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þā. the.
  • sēo. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • þā. the.
  • Þā. the.
  • Se. the.
  • se. the.
  • se. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • þām. the.
  • Þā. the.
  • þāra. their.
  • þām. the.
  • þǣre. the.
  • þǣm. the.
  • þām. the.
  • se. who.
  • se. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þone. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þā. the.
  • Se. the.
  • Þā. the.
  • Þā. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þone. the.
  • þǣre. the.
  • þǣm. the.
  • sēo. the.
  • se. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • þone. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • þām. that.
  • ðæs. of that.
  • ðā. the.
  • þām. the.
  • þām. whom.
  • þām. the.
  • se. this.
  • ðām. that.
  • þām. the.
  • þæs. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • þām. the.
  • þæs. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • ðǣre. the.
  • se. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • ðām. that.
  • ðæt. the.
  • ðǣre. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • ðā. that.
  • þām. those.
  • ðām. that.
  • ðæs. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • se. he.
  • þām. those.
  • þǣm. the.
  • Þæt. the.
  • þæt. whom.
  • þām. the.
  • þām. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • þæs. the.
  • þām. that.
  • se. who.
  • Sēo. the.
  • Þā. the.
  • þām. the.
  • þǣre. the.
  • þone. the.
  • þæs. the.
  • se. the.
  • þā. the.
  • Se. the.
  • þǣre. the.
  • Se. this.
  • þǣre. the.
  • þāra. the.
  • þām. those.
  • Þā. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • Se. the.
  • þone. the.
  • þǣm. that.
  • se. the.
  • þæt. that.
  • þæt. that.
  • se. the.
  • þǣm. the.
  • þām. the.
  • se. the.
  • se. the.
  • þā. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • þām. the.
  • þā. which.
  • ðǣre. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • þā. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þām. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • Se. the.
  • se. the.
  • Se. the.
  • þæt. that.
  • þæt. the.
  • se. the.
  • se. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • þā. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • þām. the.
  • þām. the.
  • þæt. that.
  • þāra. of those.
  • þā. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • þām. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • ðæs. of that.
  • þām. whom.
  • þā. the.
  • þǣre. the.
  • Se. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • Þæt. the.
  • se. the.
  • Se. the.
  • se. the.
  • Ðæs. the.
  • Se. the.
  • þǣre. the.
  • þēr. the.
  • ðām. the.
  • þone. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þone. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • Sēo. the.
  • þone. the.
  • Sēo. the.
  • Se. the.
  • þone. the.
  • þām. the.
  • þǣre. the.
  • Se. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • þā. the.
  • Þā. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þæt. which.
  • þæt. that.
  • þæt. that.
  • þām. the.
  • þām. the.
  • se. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þǣra. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þā. the.
  • ðǣre. the.
  • se. the.
  • se. the.
  • þām. the.
  • þǣre. that.
  • se. the.
  • Þæs. of that.
  • þæt. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • se. the.
  • þæt. that.
  • þæt. that which.
  • Se. the.
  • þone. the.
  • Þone. the.
  • se. the.
  • se. the.
  • þone. the.
  • Þæs. the.
  • Se. the.
  • þone. the.
  • sēo. the.
  • sēo. the.
  • þā. the.
  • se. the.
  • þām. the.
  • ðǣre. the.
  • sēo. the.
  • ðone. the.
  • þæs. the.
  • ðā. the.
  • se. who.
  • Þone. him.
  • þā. the.
  • se. the.
  • þæs. the.
  • þæt. the.
  • þā. the.
  • þone. the.