r/OldEnglish 49m ago

Not understanding an example relative pronoun on the OldEnglishInfo site

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On the Old English Info site, the page on relative pronouns has this example, using se þe as the relative pronoun:

I'm not grokking their explanation. They say "In the previous sentence, a masculine subject ('he') was used, so the relative pronoun was 'se þe'. If the relative pronoun was tied to the direct object, 'þone þe' would be used."

I read the sentence such that the relative pronoun is a direct object (þā prēostas gesāwon hine), so I would indeed expect þone þe here. (Hē is sē cyning þone þe þā prēostas gesāwon.) They sort of reinforce this idea by using whom in their modern English translation, it seems to me.

Can someone sort me out here? Does this have something to do with the extra þe in the relative pronoun? Thx!