The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 185
... plural form goods , but also in such a construction as ' the good of the land of Egypt , ' Genesis xlv . 18 . And specially must the whilom adjective be called a substantive when it is suited with an adjective of its own . The ...
... plural form goods , but also in such a construction as ' the good of the land of Egypt , ' Genesis xlv . 18 . And specially must the whilom adjective be called a substantive when it is suited with an adjective of its own . The ...
Pagina 226
... plural verb . This we see well preserved in the Moso - Gothic verb , as may be seen in the following example of the present indicative of the verb for ' to believe , ' GALAUBJAN : — Ist . Singular galaubja Plural galaubjam 2nd . 3rd ...
... plural verb . This we see well preserved in the Moso - Gothic verb , as may be seen in the following example of the present indicative of the verb for ' to believe , ' GALAUBJAN : — Ist . Singular galaubja Plural galaubjam 2nd . 3rd ...
Pagina 227
... Plural gelyfað 2nd . gelyfest gelyfað 3rd . gelyfö gelyfað Thus we never had an N in the third person plural of the present indicative , not even in the oldest stage of Saxon literature . For the past tense we retained it , and also for ...
... Plural gelyfað 2nd . gelyfest gelyfað 3rd . gelyfö gelyfað Thus we never had an N in the third person plural of the present indicative , not even in the oldest stage of Saxon literature . For the past tense we retained it , and also for ...
Pagina 242
... plural , arn and weren . The following is from one of the versified precepts of good manners which are so frequent in the literature of the fifteenth century . Thus God pat is begynnere & former of alle thyng , In nomber , weygħt ...
... plural , arn and weren . The following is from one of the versified precepts of good manners which are so frequent in the literature of the fifteenth century . Thus God pat is begynnere & former of alle thyng , In nomber , weygħt ...
Pagina 246
... plurals much as the strong verbs form their preterites . Examples : -man , men ; foot , feet ; mouse , mice . In the ... plural number and past time . There may not be any outward logical analogy , and yet there may be an inward mental ...
... plurals much as the strong verbs form their preterites . Examples : -man , men ; foot , feet ; mouse , mice . In the ... plural number and past time . There may not be any outward logical analogy , and yet there may be an inward mental ...
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