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... participle , sometimes with the verb which means to be ( Goth . visan , A - S . wesan , or beón , etc. ) , and sometimes with the verb which means to become ( Goth . vairthan , A - S . weordhan , Old Eng . worth in woe worth the C 2 THE ...
... participle , sometimes with the verb which means to be ( Goth . visan , A - S . wesan , or beón , etc. ) , and sometimes with the verb which means to become ( Goth . vairthan , A - S . weordhan , Old Eng . worth in woe worth the C 2 THE ...
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... participle active and passive , which are essentially verbal nouns . Of the primitive modes , it wants only the one which is represented by the Greek subjunctive . Of tenses , it has lost the primitive imperfect , future , and aorist ...
... participle active and passive , which are essentially verbal nouns . Of the primitive modes , it wants only the one which is represented by the Greek subjunctive . Of tenses , it has lost the primitive imperfect , future , and aorist ...
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... participles are declined like fisc ; but some of them make the nom . acc . plur . like the nom . sing .; so helm - berend , helm - bearer and helm - bearers , but wealdend , ruler , wealdendas , rulers . Freónd , friend , and feónd ...
... participles are declined like fisc ; but some of them make the nom . acc . plur . like the nom . sing .; so helm - berend , helm - bearer and helm - bearers , but wealdend , ruler , wealdendas , rulers . Freónd , friend , and feónd ...
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... participles . § 71. Adverbs are formed from adjectives by adding e ; as , swîdhe , strongly , very , from swídh , strong , hradhe , soon , from hrädh , quick . Adverbs in lice ( Eng . ly ) were first made by adding e to com- pound ...
... participles . § 71. Adverbs are formed from adjectives by adding e ; as , swîdhe , strongly , very , from swídh , strong , hradhe , soon , from hrädh , quick . Adverbs in lice ( Eng . ly ) were first made by adding e to com- pound ...
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... participle . The vowel which appears in the plural of the perfect indicative belongs also to the second person singular , and to the whole perfect subjunctive . But in the second and third person singular of the present indicative , a ...
... participle . The vowel which appears in the plural of the perfect indicative belongs also to the second person singular , and to the whole perfect subjunctive . But in the second and third person singular of the present indicative , a ...
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