A History of the Reflective Pronouns in the English LanguageH. Frese, 1875 - 64 pages |
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... þam lice gedaeled . Crist 1668 . Hât sîđian Agar ellor and Ismael laedan mid hie ( secum ) . Genes . 2785 . Accus . sing . neut . „ hit " . pâ gegaderode micel folc hit . Sax . Chron . 921 . And reste pät folc hit on þam seofođan däge ...
... þam lice gedaeled . Crist 1668 . Hât sîđian Agar ellor and Ismael laedan mid hie ( secum ) . Genes . 2785 . Accus . sing . neut . „ hit " . pâ gegaderode micel folc hit . Sax . Chron . 921 . And reste pät folc hit on þam seofođan däge ...
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... þam glêdon and vyrmdon hig ( Rask , A. S. gram . p . 54 ) . Possessive Genitive . In Anglo - Saxon as well as in all other Germanic idioms pro- nominal adjectives or possessive pronouns are found . They are formed from the genitives of ...
... þam glêdon and vyrmdon hig ( Rask , A. S. gram . p . 54 ) . Possessive Genitive . In Anglo - Saxon as well as in all other Germanic idioms pro- nominal adjectives or possessive pronouns are found . They are formed from the genitives of ...
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... þät hiel ( sc . Abraham and Loth ) on þam lande ne meahton leng somed blaedes brûcan and heora begra þacr aehte habban . Genes . 1892 . Heora bega fäder . Genes . 2600 . That these genitives in Anglo - Saxon were considered as 12.
... þät hiel ( sc . Abraham and Loth ) on þam lande ne meahton leng somed blaedes brûcan and heora begra þacr aehte habban . Genes . 1892 . Heora bega fäder . Genes . 2600 . That these genitives in Anglo - Saxon were considered as 12.
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... þam herge . Genes . 49 . ôđer his tô eorđan elnes tilode . ibd . 972 . Hû Gûdlâc his in godes villan mô d gerehte . Gudl . 66 . Other examples , but without a reflective possessive relation , may be found : Genes . 301. Menologium 172 ...
... þam herge . Genes . 49 . ôđer his tô eorđan elnes tilode . ibd . 972 . Hû Gûdlâc his in godes villan mô d gerehte . Gudl . 66 . Other examples , but without a reflective possessive relation , may be found : Genes . 301. Menologium 172 ...
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... þam sige þreáte behydan maege . Crist . 843 . cf. ibd . 1321 . Se þe hine sylfne in pâ slîdnan tîd þurh oferhygda up âhlaeneđ .... Bî manna môde 52 . Siddan hine sylfne äfter sundplegan heáhmôd hefed on heáhne beám . Phoenix III . 3 ...
... þam sige þreáte behydan maege . Crist . 843 . cf. ibd . 1321 . Se þe hine sylfne in pâ slîdnan tîd þurh oferhygda up âhlaeneđ .... Bî manna môde 52 . Siddan hine sylfne äfter sundplegan heáhmôd hefed on heáhne beám . Phoenix III . 3 ...
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accessory sentence accus adjective Aelfr Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon language Beóv bote butan bute buten buton Chaucer Chron conditional sentence Crist dative ealle Elene Engl eóv examples exceptive sentence express femin forms Genes genitive geseón gode Goldsm gram heom heora himm hine sylfne hire hise inflection instance language mäg masc Mätzner Maundev meaning Metra Metra XX môde modern English Myst Negative principal sentence negative sentence occurs Ormulum Oros passage pät personal pronouns pleonastic dative Ploughm plur plural number possessive preposition reenforcing pronouns reflective pronouns reflective relation reflective sense Riwle Scott selfa sellf sellfenn Semi-Saxon seolf seolfum seolue seoluen silf simple personal pronouns singul Spenser substantive svâ sylf sylfra sylfum tence third person thou Tom Jones verb Wicl Wycl þâ þaer þam þät þatt þing þonne þurh
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