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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... ( tha ) is our hard th , as in thing , ₫ ( eth ) our soft th , as in other . þ usually begins , & ends a syllable , but they were and are often confounded . IV . - Spelling . The A. S. spelling was very variable ; the following arethe ...
... ( tha ) is our hard th , as in thing , ₫ ( eth ) our soft th , as in other . þ usually begins , & ends a syllable , but they were and are often confounded . IV . - Spelling . The A. S. spelling was very variable ; the following arethe ...
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... þá gód - an Abl . þý gód - an þý gód - an þære gód - an Dat . þám gód - an Gen. þæs gód - an PLURAL . þære gód - an N. & A. pa gód - an A. & D. þám gód - um Gen. þára gód - ena . This declension is used for all adjectives , participles ...
... þá gód - an Abl . þý gód - an þý gód - an þære gód - an Dat . þám gód - an Gen. þæs gód - an PLURAL . þære gód - an N. & A. pa gód - an A. & D. þám gód - um Gen. þára gód - ena . This declension is used for all adjectives , participles ...
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... þá pis pisne pás Abl . þý þý pise pisse D. þám þære pisum pisse G. þæs pære pises pisse N. & A. pa pás A. & D. þám pisum G. þára pissa pæne , pæm , þáre , þæra , are sometimes used for pone , þám , þære , þára ; likewise þæs for þás ...
... þá pis pisne pás Abl . þý þý pise pisse D. þám þære pisum pisse G. þæs pære pises pisse N. & A. pa pás A. & D. þám pisum G. þára pissa pæne , pæm , þáre , þæra , are sometimes used for pone , þám , þære , þára ; likewise þæs for þás ...
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... þá wolde he hine sylfne on þám ge - feohte for - spillan , when Darius saw that he should be over- come , then he would lose his life in the fight . ་ We sceolon mid biternysse sódre be - hreow- sunge úre mód ge - clansian , we must ...
... þá wolde he hine sylfne on þám ge - feohte for - spillan , when Darius saw that he should be over- come , then he would lose his life in the fight . ་ We sceolon mid biternysse sódre be - hreow- sunge úre mód ge - clansian , we must ...
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... þá þý slæpe to - bræd when she then had cast off sleep . Verbs of bidding , forbidding , serving , following , obey- ing , consenting to , opposing , pleasing , trusting , injuring , profiting , escaping from ; likewise for - swerian to ...
... þá þý slæpe to - bræd when she then had cast off sleep . Verbs of bidding , forbidding , serving , following , obey- ing , consenting to , opposing , pleasing , trusting , injuring , profiting , escaping from ; likewise for - swerian to ...
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6d ib accus accusative adjectives an-weald Apollonius be-foran beó beón bútan býð Class cloth Comp complex conjugated cuman cunnan cwadon cwæd cynge dative Declension dóhtor eác ealle edited by J. O. English eów fæder feminine forms fultume gán genitive German Goth hæbbe hence heó heora híg hine hwæt Hwý hyre imperf imperfect J. O. HALLIWELL J. P. COLLIER mæg masc miht næs nán neut neuter nouns ofer pære pæs pæt pám participles past Percy Soc plur plural pone ponne post 8vo prefix preposition pres pronoun purh ríce Scyld se-pe secge seó síde sing singular small 4to sód-líce sometimes swá sylf Third pers thou treów twá úre verbs vowel Vulg wæs weard words wudu wuht þá þære þæs þæt þæt híg þám þing þú þý
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