'em

代词 pron.
中文释义
发音 əm

英文释义

代词 pron.
  1. Them (now only in unstressed position). colloquial
    — Some are become great, ſome atcheeues greatneſſe, and ſome haue greatneſſe thruſt vppon em.
    Le Monde, ou Géographie universelle, contenant la description et les cartes et les blasons des principaux pays du monde

词形变化

em alternative hem alternative,obsolete

词源

From earlier hem, from Middle English hem, from Old English heom (“them”, dative) of hie, originally a dative plural form but in Middle English coming to serve as an accusative plural as well. Cognate with Dutch hun (“them”), German ihnen (“them”).
Now often treated as a colloquial apheretic form of them, which however derives from Old Norse rather than Old English.
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