The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 36
... plural men , a genitive plural manna , and a dative plural mannum . Of these it has lost the whole , except the formation of the simple plural . In application it has altered ; for in Saxon times man was as applicable to women as to men ...
... plural men , a genitive plural manna , and a dative plural mannum . Of these it has lost the whole , except the formation of the simple plural . In application it has altered ; for in Saxon times man was as applicable to women as to men ...
Pagina 67
... plural of substantives in -ENA and of adjectives in -RA . This -ENA drooped into the more languid ene ; and the RA appeared as -er or -r , as in their , aller , alderliefest . Throughout the whole of this period there is such a tend ...
... plural of substantives in -ENA and of adjectives in -RA . This -ENA drooped into the more languid ene ; and the RA appeared as -er or -r , as in their , aller , alderliefest . Throughout the whole of this period there is such a tend ...
Pagina 116
... plural form of an in- creasing group of substantives , presents a great amount of loss in regard to this principal vowel - sound . The ' a ' is lost in every one of those instances ; and words which were written dagas , endas , fixas ...
... plural form of an in- creasing group of substantives , presents a great amount of loss in regard to this principal vowel - sound . The ' a ' is lost in every one of those instances ; and words which were written dagas , endas , fixas ...
Pagina 129
... in the genitive and dative singular ; but in the plural it made nom . dagas , gen . daga , dat . dagum . So like- wise staf a letter , plur . stafas ; hwal a whale , plur . hwalast ; K pæð a path , plur . patas . Our modern THE UMLAUT .
... in the genitive and dative singular ; but in the plural it made nom . dagas , gen . daga , dat . dagum . So like- wise staf a letter , plur . stafas ; hwal a whale , plur . hwalast ; K pæð a path , plur . patas . Our modern THE UMLAUT .
Pagina 130
... plurals which , like feet , geese , men , mice , are formed by inward vowel - change . The Germans have retained this plural function much more largely than we have , and also another of far greater scope and utility ; for they have ...
... plurals which , like feet , geese , men , mice , are formed by inward vowel - change . The Germans have retained this plural function much more largely than we have , and also another of far greater scope and utility ; for they have ...
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