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... adverbs is a very no- ticeable feature of OE . prose , and it may be that a more minute study than I have been able to make of this matter would yield more definite and valuable results . Occasionally the da- clause depends on a verb ...
... adverbs is a very no- ticeable feature of OE . prose , and it may be that a more minute study than I have been able to make of this matter would yield more definite and valuable results . Occasionally the da- clause depends on a verb ...
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... adverb and as conjunction in Piers Plowman . In Chaucer , however , it seems to occur only as an adverb . By this time hwen has become the ordinary temporal connective in such uses as those of da and donne in OE . I find the form do ...
... adverb and as conjunction in Piers Plowman . In Chaucer , however , it seems to occur only as an adverb . By this time hwen has become the ordinary temporal connective in such uses as those of da and donne in OE . I find the form do ...
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... adverb , and the other a conjunction . But the feeling for this disappeared , and ðaða came to be used for ða , without any difference in meaning . It is the com- monest form in Ælfric's writings , except in the Old Testament ...
... adverb , and the other a conjunction . But the feeling for this disappeared , and ðaða came to be used for ða , without any difference in meaning . It is the com- monest form in Ælfric's writings , except in the Old Testament ...
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... adverb , or vice versa , but it is felt as a simple conjunction . It occurs most often in BH . , in which it is used about as frequently as the simple da . In Bo . it is by far the commonest form . It is also common in Guth . Its ...
... adverb , or vice versa , but it is felt as a simple conjunction . It occurs most often in BH . , in which it is used about as frequently as the simple da . In Bo . it is by far the commonest form . It is also common in Guth . Its ...
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Arthur Adams. Originally , in all probability , one element was felt as an adverb , the other as a conjunction ; but it is impossible to determine which is which . To all in- tents and purposes , the two form one conjunction , not ...
Arthur Adams. Originally , in all probability , one element was felt as an adverb , the other as a conjunction ; but it is impossible to determine which is which . To all in- tents and purposes , the two form one conjunction , not ...
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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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