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... pronouns and particles , and , in general , the words which are in most frequent and familiar use , have come to it from the Anglo- Saxon . With all its mixture of foreign elements , it is still a Teutonic language , like the German ...
... pronouns and particles , and , in general , the words which are in most frequent and familiar use , have come to it from the Anglo- Saxon . With all its mixture of foreign elements , it is still a Teutonic language , like the German ...
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... pronouns of the same persons show a dual form , not only in the Gothic , but also in the Anglo - Saxon : thus A - S . wit , we two , unc , us two , git , ye two , inc , you two , but in the plural we , us , ge ( ye ) , eów ( you ) , as ...
... pronouns of the same persons show a dual form , not only in the Gothic , but also in the Anglo - Saxon : thus A - S . wit , we two , unc , us two , git , ye two , inc , you two , but in the plural we , us , ge ( ye ) , eów ( you ) , as ...
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... pronoun , are used for all kinds of objects . The only distinction is in the personal pronoun of the third person , where in the singular we use special forms ( he , she ; his , her ; him , her ) in reference to male and female objects ...
... pronoun , are used for all kinds of objects . The only distinction is in the personal pronoun of the third person , where in the singular we use special forms ( he , she ; his , her ; him , her ) in reference to male and female objects ...
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... pronouns : in substantives , it has the genitive ( though in the plural commonly without a distinct form ) , but confines it almost wholly to the possessive relation . $ 19. Declensions . The Anglo - Saxon , like the other Teutonic ...
... pronouns : in substantives , it has the genitive ( though in the plural commonly without a distinct form ) , but confines it almost wholly to the possessive relation . $ 19. Declensions . The Anglo - Saxon , like the other Teutonic ...
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... pronoun , the adjective follows the N - declension . Thus the Anglo- Saxon has wis cyning , a wise king , genitive wises cyninges , dative wísum cyninge ; gód nama , a good name , genitive gôdes naman , dative gódum naman ; but se wisa ...
... pronoun , the adjective follows the N - declension . Thus the Anglo- Saxon has wis cyning , a wise king , genitive wises cyninges , dative wísum cyninge ; gód nama , a good name , genitive gôdes naman , dative gódum naman ; but se wisa ...
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4th Edition äfter Anglo-Saxon belong blindan Book C. S. Calverley century Chaucer consonant Crown 8vo dative declension declined dede Demy 8vo dialect Dictionary Elementary Treatise ending England ENGLISH LANGUAGE F. A. Paley Fcap forms French words genitive Geometry George Bell gode goden goden Gothic Grammar Greek helpen High German hulpe hwät idioms Indo-European inflected inflexion J. W. Donaldson Jhesus king kingen Latin Layamon lond M.A. 3rd Edition M.A. Fcap Masc modern English neut Norman number of words Ormulum participle pass passive participle peculiar perf perfect Piers Ploughman Plur plural Post 8vo preposition pres primary inflexion pronoun Prose R. C. Jebb root Saxon secondary inflexion Semi-Saxon seó sing sometimes spoken Subj syllable Teutonic languages thâ tham thät thatt thiss thou Translation verbs of primary verbs of secondary Verse vowel W. H. Besant wäs writers
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