forma had

Calque of Latin prīma persōna, itself a calque of Ancient Greek πρῶτον πρόσωπον (prôton prósōpon). Equivalent to forma (“first”) + hād (“grammatical person”)

forma had m

1. (grammar) the first person
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

     Sē forma hād is þe spricþ be him selfum ānum ("iċ seċġe", oþþe mid ōðrum mannum on maniġfealdum ġetæle, "wē seċġaþ").

     The first person talks about himself alone ("I say", or with other people in the plural, "we say").

• hād
• ōþer hād
• þridda hād