Citations:se

Old English citations of se

1. the
   • late 10th century, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

     Sē bisċop wæs bisiġ mid þām cyninge.

     The bishop was busy with the king.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 7:13

     Gangaþ inn þurh þæt nearwe ġeat.

     Go in through the narrow gate.

2. that
   • early 8th century, Beowulf, line 11

     Þæt wæs gōd cyning!

     That was a good king!

3. also sometimes used (in the appropriate gender and case) to mean "he," "she," "it," "they," etc.
   • early 8th century, Beowulf, line 469

     Heregār... sē wæs betera þonne iċ.

     Heregar... he was better than me.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"

     Sēo lifde mid hire were seofon ġēar.

     She lived with her husband for seven years.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 12:3

     Þā swungon hīe þone and forlēton hine īdelhendne.

     Then they beat him and left him empty-handed.

4. that, who, what (relative)
   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 605

     Þǣr man ofslōg ēac twā hund prēosta þā cōmon þæder þæt hīe sċylden ġebiddan for Wēala here. Sċromail wæs ġehāten heora ealdor, sē ætbærst þanon fīftiga sum.

     There two hundred priests were killed who had come to pray for the Welsh army. Scromail was the name of their leader, who was one of fifty to escape from there.

   • c. 900, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy

     Wel mē līcode þæt þū ǣr sæġdes.

     I really liked what you said earlier.

Portuguese citations of se

• 1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:

  Começavam a fazer compras na venda; ensarilhavam-se discussões e resingas; ouviam-se gargalhadas e pragas; já se não falava, gritava-se.

• 2006, Sergio Lorenzato, Para aprender matematica, Autores Associados, →ISBN, page 19:

  O professor propõe a adição 8+5 e alguns alunos não conseguem efetuá-la; contudo, se ela for representada como 8 laranjas mais 15 laranjas, eles a executam com êxito.

• 2010, Jane Kirby, Dieta para Leigos, Alta Books Editora, →ISBN, page 175:

  A japonesa pode ser uma das culinárias mais saudáveis, com apenas alguns pratos gordurosos, como o tempurá, o teriyaki e o sukiyaki. Se comidos com o equilíbrio que os Japoneses comem — muitas verduras e pouca gordura e carnes — a comida Japonesa pode ser o sonho de uma pessoa que faz dieta.