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hem

“hem” is a Middle English word. Its 4 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them
  2. Third-person plural reflexive pronoun: themselves

noun

  1. hem (edge of cloth or garment)
  2. edge, boundary

Etymology

From Old English heom, from Proto-Germanic *himaz, masculine and neuter dative plural of *hiz. Compare þem.

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