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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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