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I 1st sg. pers. pron. OE. iċ = OS. (Du.) ik, OHG. ih (G. ich), ON. ek, Goth. ik (:- Gmc. *eka), corr., but with variation of vowel, cons., and ending, to L. egṓ, Gr. egṓ(n), Skr. ahám, Av. azəm, OSl. (j)azŭ. The reduced form i of OE. iċ appears XII; in stressed position this became ī, which was finally generalized for all positions. The inflexional system of the pronoun is made up of four distinct bases; see ME, MY (MINE), WE, US, OUR.

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