Obs. [phonetic variant of hes, his; often attached to the vb. of which it is the obj.: see HIS pron.2, and cf. † AS pron.]
a. Them (acc. pl.). b. Her, it (acc. fem. sing.).
a. 1200. Moral Ode, 55. Þe þet echte wile habben wel hwile þe he muȝe es welden. Giue hies for godes luue; þenne deþ hes wel ihalden.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 135. He knowned [read knoweð] one ilc sterre name, He settes in ðe firmament.
c. 1300. Havelok, 970. He bouthe him boþe hosen and shon, And sone dide him dones on.
c. 1314. Guy Warw. (A.), 3850. He oxed his armes hastiliche And men es him brouȝt sikerliche.
