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 answers Apollonius be-foran beó beón bútan býð Class Comp complex Conjugation cuman cwadon cwæd cynge cyning dæg dative Declension dóhtor dóm Dryhtne eác ealle eów eówre fæder feminine forms fultume gán genitive German gód-an gód-e Goth hæbbe Hælend hence heó heofon heora híg hine hund hwæt Hwý hyre imperf imperfect likewise mæg mannum masc miht næs nán neut neuter nouns ofer pære pæs pæt pám participles past plur plural pone ponne prefix preposition pres pronoun purh ríce sæd Scyld Se-pe secge seó síde Sing SINGULAR sód-líce sometimes swá sylf syllable Third pers thou treów twá úre verbs vowel Vulg wæs weard words wudu wuht þá þære þæs þæt þæt híg þám þíne þing þú þý
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Page 19 - The following adjectives of uncertain derivation are found terminating in e : badde, deynte, dronkelewe, meke, racle, wikke. 32. The Definite Form of monosyllabic Adjectives, including Participles and Adjective Pronouns (ie the Adjective when preceded by the Definite Article, by any other Demonstrative, or by a Possessive Pronoun) ends in Chaucer and Gower in e.
Page 145 - Ocean covered, Swart in eternal night, Far and wide, The dusky ways. Then was the glory-bright Spirit of heaven's Guardian Borne over the deep With utmost speed : The Creator of angels bade, The Lord of life, Light to come forth Over the spacious deep. Quickly was fulfilled The high King's behest; For him was holy light Over the waste, As the Maker bade.
Page 53 - Jjwegen, bwogen. Stande sometimes has standest, standee!:. XI. — Conjugation III. In the Third Conjugation the vowel remains the same in the present; but that of the imperfect is changed in the second person singular, and in the whole plural : the part, past has either the same vowel as these persons, or one near akin. Examples: — bindan to bind, drifan to drive, clufan to cleave. CLASS I. CLASS II. CLASS III. INDICATIVE MODI.
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Page 39 - ... present indicative, and of the imperative plural, is used when the pronoun comes first, or is left out; as, we lufiad we love, hyrad hear; the second when the pronoun follows close; as, telle ge tell ye? The subjunctive plural sometimes ends in -an or -en ; as, lufian, hyrden, and the like. The gerund, which is always preceded by to, and seems to be a kind of dative of the infinitive, answers to our infinitive present, active and passive, and to the Latin supines, infinitive future, active and...
Page 23 - The Superlative has both the definite and indefinite inflections, the former in -ost, or -est, (also the adverbial form), the latter in -oste, -osta, -oste, or...
Page 1 - Grammar. The peculiarities of the several letters will be noticed in their proper places. For their classification, and the defects and redundancies of the English A., see LETTERS AND ARTICULATE SOUNDS. Other points connected with this subject will be found under BLACK-LETTER...
Page 9 - Г1 enders, the latter two Declensions of three Classes each(3). The Simple Order, answering to the Greek and Latin pure nouns, contains those 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 consonant, together with some in an unessential -e or -u.
Page 147 - The translation of this and the two following lines is nearly the same as that given by Lye ; but I have great doubts as to its...