A History of the Reflective Pronouns in the English LanguageH. Frese, 1875 - 64 pages |
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... quoted passages are taken for the greater part out of Anglo - Sax . poetry ( Grein , Biblioth . der A. S. Poesie I. & II . In order to avoid miscon- ceptions we write down the titles of the poems as Mr. Grein gives them , Accus . sing ...
... quoted passages are taken for the greater part out of Anglo - Sax . poetry ( Grein , Biblioth . der A. S. Poesie I. & II . In order to avoid miscon- ceptions we write down the titles of the poems as Mr. Grein gives them , Accus . sing ...
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... quoted passages . Genes . 684. 784 ) . ôd . 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 ...
... quoted passages . Genes . 684. 784 ) . ôd . 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 ...
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... into existence and gradually gained a larger propagation . At any rate , the above quoted passage is a certain proof of the occurrence of a substantive ,, sylf " . - We have yet to give examples of the expression of 18.
... into existence and gradually gained a larger propagation . At any rate , the above quoted passage is a certain proof of the occurrence of a substantive ,, sylf " . - We have yet to give examples of the expression of 18.
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... quoted passages the dative take the place of the accusative , perhaps on account of the fuller forms . Examples of the reverse practice are very rare : , hine " instead of ,, him " . And ealle hine iaefen micele gife and maere . Sax ...
... quoted passages the dative take the place of the accusative , perhaps on account of the fuller forms . Examples of the reverse practice are very rare : , hine " instead of ,, him " . And ealle hine iaefen micele gife and maere . Sax ...
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... . He sät him stille . ibd . 17906 . Ut him gon ride . ibd . 17097 . * ) Where „ M. I or M. II " are added , the quoted passages are taken from Mätzner's Altenglische Sprachproben I and II . bus him ispac Octa . A : 19504. B : 30.
... . He sät him stille . ibd . 17906 . Ut him gon ride . ibd . 17097 . * ) Where „ M. I or M. II " are added , the quoted passages are taken from Mätzner's Altenglische Sprachproben I and II . bus him ispac Octa . A : 19504. B : 30.
Common terms and phrases
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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