oþer had

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ōþer (“second”) + hād (“grammatical person”)

Noun

ōþer hād m

  1. (grammar) the second person
    • c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
      Sē ōðer hād is þe sē forma spricþ tō ("þū sæġst", oþþe maniġfealdlīċe "ġē seċġaþ").
      The second person is whoever the first person talks to ("you say", or in the plural "you guys say").
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