OED "her," 2b = "he, him; I (masc.)"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Hold on to your hats :

  "_Her_... 2.b. Represented as used by Welsh or Gaelic speakers for he, him, or for the speaker himself." 1526-1893.

  OED doesn't cite Scott's _Rob Roy_, but at least one lowbrow character in that novel uses it all the time.

  My question is: "WOT TH' ?"

  JL





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