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... Mugan clauses . B. Sculan clauses • C. Motan clauses D. Willan clauses APPENDIX III . Bibliography . APPENDIX IV . Index of Clauses quoted or referred to in the Text · APPENDIX V. Index of Connectives APPENDIX VI . Charts . PAGE 215 221 ...
... Mugan clauses . B. Sculan clauses • C. Motan clauses D. Willan clauses APPENDIX III . Bibliography . APPENDIX IV . Index of Clauses quoted or referred to in the Text · APPENDIX V. Index of Connectives APPENDIX VI . Charts . PAGE 215 221 ...
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... modal , but in none of the cases that I have noted could this be considered the primary signification . It is noticeable that this construction is used only with the optative present of mugan ; and that in every 30 Chapter I.
... modal , but in none of the cases that I have noted could this be considered the primary signification . It is noticeable that this construction is used only with the optative present of mugan ; and that in every 30 Chapter I.
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Arthur Adams. the optative present of mugan ; and that in every case the subject of the subordinate clause is placed between the swa and the oftost , while nothing else ever is . CP . 5. 3 & fordon ic de bebiode dæt du do swæ ic geliefe ...
Arthur Adams. the optative present of mugan ; and that in every case the subject of the subordinate clause is placed between the swa and the oftost , while nothing else ever is . CP . 5. 3 & fordon ic de bebiode dæt du do swæ ic geliefe ...
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... mugan , and the subject is always placed between the two parts of the connective , and nothing else ever is . I quote examples to illustrate : Chron . 94. 1 þa for Eadweard cyning æfter , swa he radost mehte ; LS . 1. 536. 794 and ic ...
... mugan , and the subject is always placed between the two parts of the connective , and nothing else ever is . I quote examples to illustrate : Chron . 94. 1 þa for Eadweard cyning æfter , swa he radost mehte ; LS . 1. 536. 794 and ic ...
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... mugan and motan is so frequent in Wulf . that it might almost be considered a peculiarity of the style . I quote two examples from the same page chosen at random : Wulf . 150.9 uton andettan ure synna þe hwile , pe we magon and moton ...
... mugan and motan is so frequent in Wulf . that it might almost be considered a peculiarity of the style . I quote two examples from the same page chosen at random : Wulf . 150.9 uton andettan ure synna þe hwile , pe we magon and moton ...
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adverb æfter Ælfric ærest bið biscop Brut Cart Chron connective Crist cyning dæg dæge dæm dær dære dæs dæt daga dative Dial donne ealle Epis Examples follow folc Godes Guth hæfde halga Heliand heora hine hrade hwanne hwonne indeter Index-List of mid Index-List of swa indic instances Latin main clause Mart meaning mid dam mid dy Middle English mode Modern English Mugan næs NOTE noun occurs Otfrid particle Piers Plowman poetry pone ponne preposition psalm and verse quote examples secge sentence siððan sona swa swa Clauses swa swa swide Syntax Tatian temporal clause temporal conjunction texts thiu translates Vesp wære wæron wæs wið Wulf Wülfing þa hwile þæm þær þære þæs þæt þam þan þis þone þonne
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