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her (objective case)

Old English hire "her," third person singular feminine dative pronoun, which replaced accusative hie beginning in 10c. See he. Cognate with Old Frisian hiri, Middle Dutch hore, Dutch haar, Old High German iru, German ihr.

her (possessive case)

Old English hire, third person singular feminine genitive form of heo "she" (see she). With absolute form hers.

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