My homework this weekend is to memorize the singular and plural pronouns in Old Icelandic. (We're only learning the 3rd person plurals right now, because the first- and second-person are hard: they make a distinction between two and more-than-two.)
Singular:1 | 2 | 3m | 3f | 3n | refl. | |
N | ek | þú | hann | hon | þat | - |
A | mik | þik | hann | hana | þat | sik |
D | mér | þér | honum | henni | því | sér |
G | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | sín |
3m | 3f | 3n | |
N | þeir | þær | þau |
A | þá | þær | þau |
D | þeim | þeim | þeim |
G | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra |
You can see some similarities between this language and older forms of English: mine/mÃn, thine/þÃn, that/þat, them/þeim, their/þeirra. (þ pronounced th.) Both evolved from a Proto-Germanic language that was spoken thousands of years ago are recent borrowings -- maybe Danelaw-era? -- from Scandinavian that replaced earlier Anglo-Saxon pronouns. Thanks to Lisa for the correction!