A Guide to the Anglo-Saxon Tongue: A Grammar After Erasmus Rask ; Extracts in Prose and Verse with Notes, Etc. for the Use of Learners and an Appendix |
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ablative accus accusative adjectives æfter ælc an-weald Apollonius be-foran beó beón bútan býđ Cædmon Class cloth Comp complex conjugated cuman cwadon cwæd cyng cyning dative Declension dóhtor dóm ealle edited eorđan eów eówre fæder feminine folce forms fultume genitive German gód-an Goth hæbbe hence heó heofon heora híg hund hwæt Hwý hyre imperf imperfect J. O. HALLIWELL J. P. COLLIER letter likewise mæden mæg masc miht næs nán neut neuter nouns ofer participles past plur plural post 8vo prefix preposition pres pronoun ríce Scyld secge seó síde sing singular sód-líce sometimes swá sylf Third pers thou tó þám twá úre verbs vowel Vulg waéron wæs weard wiđ words wudu wuht þá þæs þæt þæt híg þám þára þare þás þíne þing þone þonne þú þurh þý
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