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... thou thú ) . ( O.E. tam ( acc . ) .. τόν is - tum , ta - m ta - lis , tha - na d - ën ( Ger . den ) ... the ( thi - s , tha - t ) . tri τρεῖς tres threis . dri ( Ger . drei ) ... three . antara ἕτερος alter anthar andar ( Ger . an- der.
... thou thú ) . ( O.E. tam ( acc . ) .. τόν is - tum , ta - m ta - lis , tha - na d - ën ( Ger . den ) ... the ( thi - s , tha - t ) . tri τρεῖς tres threis . dri ( Ger . drei ) ... three . antara ἕτερος alter anthar andar ( Ger . an- der.
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... thou hast planted . ( 4 ) The third person sing . frequently ends in s instead of th . = N. he gewyrces S. gewyrcath , he works . N. he onsæces = S. ons @ cath , he denies . ( 5 ) The third plural present indicative and the CHAPTER IV ...
... thou hast planted . ( 4 ) The third person sing . frequently ends in s instead of th . = N. he gewyrces S. gewyrcath , he works . N. he onsæces = S. ons @ cath , he denies . ( 5 ) The third plural present indicative and the CHAPTER IV ...
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... thou drinkes of the se The mare and mar ( e ) threstes ye.3 Now we wyn and now we tyn ( lose ) . 6 Imp . Oppenes ( open ) your yates ( gates ) wide.7 Gais ( go ) he said , and spirs ( inquire ) welle gern ( earnestly ) . Cums ( come ) ...
... thou drinkes of the se The mare and mar ( e ) threstes ye.3 Now we wyn and now we tyn ( lose ) . 6 Imp . Oppenes ( open ) your yates ( gates ) wide.7 Gais ( go ) he said , and spirs ( inquire ) welle gern ( earnestly ) . Cums ( come ) ...
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... thou hopest . he hopes . The West Midland , like the Northern , conjugated its verb as follows : - Ist pers . hope.1 2nd 99 3rd 99 hop - es . hop - es . 37. There are many other points in which these dialects differed from one another ...
... thou hopest . he hopes . The West Midland , like the Northern , conjugated its verb as follows : - Ist pers . hope.1 2nd 99 3rd 99 hop - es . hop - es . 37. There are many other points in which these dialects differed from one another ...
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... thou ateşt or didst eat . slep - e , thou slept - est . ( 14 ) The future tense was supplied by the present , and shall and will were not usually tense auxiliaries . ( 15 ) Prepositions governed various cases . II . The English of the ...
... thou ateşt or didst eat . slep - e , thou slept - est . ( 14 ) The future tense was supplied by the present , and shall and will were not usually tense auxiliaries . ( 15 ) Prepositions governed various cases . II . The English of the ...
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adjectives adverbs Ayenbite become Cambridge century we find Chaucer cloth cognate College compounds connecting vowel consonants contains Crown 8vo dative declension demonstrative Extra fcap fcap feminine fourteenth century FOURTH PERIOD French gender genitive Goth Gothic Grammar Greek infinitive inflections inflexion language later forms Latin masc masculine Midland modern English NEUT neuter Northern dialect nouns numerous O. H. Ger O.E. we find O.Fr O.H.Ger occurs Old English older oldest English originally Ormulum participle passive participle Past Indicative past tense PERF period we find plural preposition PRES Robert of Brunne Robert of Gloucester Romance root Sansk Sanskrit Schools Second Edition SECOND PERIOD Shakespeare silf Sing singular sometimes Southern Spenser stem strong verbs Subjunctive substantives suffix syllable Teutonic THIRD PERIOD thirteenth and fourteenth thirteenth century thou twelfth vowel weak verbs West Midland words writers þæt þat
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