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Pagina 36
In grammatical habit it has altered ; for in Saxon it had a genitive mannes , a
dative men , an ( archaic ) accusative mannan , a plural men , a genitive plural
manna , and a dative plural mannum . Of these it has lost the whole , except the ...
In grammatical habit it has altered ; for in Saxon it had a genitive mannes , a
dative men , an ( archaic ) accusative mannan , a plural men , a genitive plural
manna , and a dative plural mannum . Of these it has lost the whole , except the ...
Pagina 67
Among the most tenacious of these inflections was the genitive 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 .
Among the most tenacious of these inflections was the genitive 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 .
Pagina 116
The single instance of - as , the plural form of an increasing 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 ...
The single instance of - as , the plural form of an increasing 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 ...
Pagina 129
For example , the word day was dæg in the nominative ( pointing to an earlier
dagi ) , dæges and dæge in the genitive and dative singular ; but in the plural it
made nom . dagas , gen . daga , dat . dagum . So likewise staf a letter , plur .
stafus ...
For example , the word day was dæg in the nominative ( pointing to an earlier
dagi ) , dæges and dæge in the genitive and dative singular ; but in the plural it
made nom . dagas , gen . daga , dat . dagum . So likewise staf a letter , plur .
stafus ...
Pagina 130
... character they have secured office and position . Such are those few 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
...
... character they have secured office and position . Such are those few 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
...
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