# unk
## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* unc

### Etymology

From Old English unc, accusative and dative form of wit, from Proto-Germanic *unk (accusative of *wet) and *unkiz (dative/instrumental of *wet).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /unk/

### Pronoun

unk (nominative wit) (Early Middle English)
* First-person dual accusative pronoun: us twain, the two of us.
* (reflexive) our (two) selves.

#### See also

| | | | nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | possessive |
| singular | 1st-person | 1st-person | I, ich, ik | me | me | min mi$^1$ | min |
| singular | 2nd-person | 2nd-person | þou | þe | þe | þin þi$^1$ | þin |
| singular | 3rd-person | m | he | him hine$^2$ | him | his | his hisen |
| singular | 3rd-person | f | sche, heo | hire heo | hire | hire | hire hires, hiren |
| singular | 3rd-person | n | hit | hit | hit him$^2$ | his, hit | — |
| dual$^3$ | 1st-person | 1st-person | wit | unk | unk | unker | unker |
| dual$^3$ | 2nd-person | 2nd-person | ȝit | inc | inc | inker | inker |
| plural | 1st-person | 1st-person | we | us, ous | us, ous | oure | oure oures, ouren |
| plural | 2nd-person$^4$ | 2nd-person$^4$ | ye | yow | yow | your | your youres, youren |
| plural | 3rd-person | inh. | he | hem he$^2$ | hem | here | here heres, heren |
| plural | 3rd-person | bor. | þei | þem, þeim | þem, þeim | þeir | þeir þeires, þeiren |
$^1$Used preconsonantally or before h. $^2$Early or dialectal. $^3$Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English. $^4$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

### References

* “unk, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.

## North Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unk.

### Pronoun

unk
* (Sylt, dated) Object case of wat: us two, both of ourselves

### Determiner

unk (invariable)
* (Sylt, dated) our, of us two (first-person dual possessive determiner)

### Pronoun

unk (plural unken)
* (Sylt, dated) ours, that of us two (first-person dual possessive pronoun)

### See also

| | | personal | personal | personal | personal | possessive | possessive | possessive |
| | | subject case | subject case | object case | object case | singular referent | plural referent | plural referent |
| | | full | reduced | full | reduced | singular referent | attributive | independent |
| singular | 1st | ik | 'k | mi | mi | min | min | minen |
| singular | 2nd | dü | – | di | di | din | din | dinen |
| singular | 3rd m. | hi | 'r | höm | 'n | sin | sin | sinen |
| singular | 3rd f. | jü | 's | höör | 's | höör | höör | höören |
| singular | 3rd n. | hat | et, 't | höm | et, 't | sin | sin | sinen |
| dual | 1st | wat | wat | unk | unk | unk | unk | unken |
| dual | 2nd | at | at | junk | junk | junk | junk | junken |
| dual | 3rd | jat | jat | jam | 's | jaar | jaar | jaaren |
| plural | 1st | wü | wü | üüs | üüs | üüs | üüs | üüsen |
| plural | 2nd | i | i | juu | juu | juu | juu | juuen |
| plural | 3rd | ja | 's | jam | 's | jaar | jaar | jaaren |
| notes | notes | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. |

## Old Saxon
### Pronoun

unk
* accusative/dative of wit