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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... endings and other terminations , from roots ; in this as in other tongues , the beginner must accustom himself to parse not only every word in a phrase , but every syllable in a word . Some rules for gender have been attempted , and a ...
... endings and other terminations , from roots ; in this as in other tongues , the beginner must accustom himself to parse not only every word in a phrase , but every syllable in a word . Some rules for gender have been attempted , and a ...
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... ending in -dóm , -hád , and -scipe are masculine , while G. nouns in -thum are some ncuter , some masculine , in -heit and -schaft feminine ; A. S. in -nes ( -nys , -nis ) feminine , G. in -niss some neuter , some feminine . Some words ...
... ending in -dóm , -hád , and -scipe are masculine , while G. nouns in -thum are some ncuter , some masculine , in -heit and -schaft feminine ; A. S. in -nes ( -nys , -nis ) feminine , G. in -niss some neuter , some feminine . Some words ...
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... ending in an essential vowel ; viz . -e in the neuter , -a in the masculine , and -e in the feminine . The Complex Order , answering to the Gr . and L. impure nouns , comprises all ending in a conso- nant , together with some in an ...
... ending in an essential vowel ; viz . -e in the neuter , -a in the masculine , and -e in the feminine . The Complex Order , answering to the Gr . and L. impure nouns , comprises all ending in a conso- nant , together with some in an ...
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... ending in -e , all masculines in -a , and all feminines in -e ; the nominative plural is formed in -an ( 2 ) . The three Classes are so much alike that they may be shown at one view . ( 1 ) Participial nouns form it in -ra ( see II . 2 ...
... ending in -e , all masculines in -a , and all feminines in -e ; the nominative plural is formed in -an ( 2 ) . The three Classes are so much alike that they may be shown at one view . ( 1 ) Participial nouns form it in -ra ( see II . 2 ...
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... ending in one or more consonants . Examples - leaf leaf , word word . SINGULAR . Nom . & Acc . leaf word Abl . & Dat . leáf - e word - e Gen. leáf - es word - es PLURAL . Nom . & Acc . leáf word Abl . & Dat . leáf - um word - um Gen ...
... ending in one or more consonants . Examples - leaf leaf , word word . SINGULAR . Nom . & Acc . leaf word Abl . & Dat . leáf - e word - e Gen. leáf - es word - es PLURAL . Nom . & Acc . leáf word Abl . & Dat . leáf - um word - um Gen ...
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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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