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... appears : Chron . 261. 25 God hit bete pa his wille bed . This seems to be a perfectly clear case , and we should rather expect the optative as well . Chron . 266. 12 per efter in þe lengten þestrede þe sunne 7 te dæi , abuton non tid ...
... appears : Chron . 261. 25 God hit bete pa his wille bed . This seems to be a perfectly clear case , and we should rather expect the optative as well . Chron . 266. 12 per efter in þe lengten þestrede þe sunne 7 te dæi , abuton non tid ...
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... appears also . In O. 56.17 þa æt nihstan hie hæfden getogen eal Creca folc to dæm gewinnum , þa Læcedemonia besæ- tan þa burg Mæs [ ian ] e X winter ; the reading hæfdon of MS . C. is probably correct . BH . 162. 21 secgað men , pa ...
... appears also . In O. 56.17 þa æt nihstan hie hæfden getogen eal Creca folc to dæm gewinnum , þa Læcedemonia besæ- tan þa burg Mæs [ ian ] e X winter ; the reading hæfdon of MS . C. is probably correct . BH . 162. 21 secgað men , pa ...
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... appears . But all the examples I have found indicate at least that this use is the prevailing one , as will be seen ... appear are very numerous , even in what we may call the 1 Syntax der Sprache Otfrids , pp . 120 , 204 . formal ...
... appears . But all the examples I have found indicate at least that this use is the prevailing one , as will be seen ... appear are very numerous , even in what we may call the 1 Syntax der Sprache Otfrids , pp . 120 , 204 . formal ...
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... appear if the clause determines the time of the action of a verb which is itself in a subordinate clause . The use of such balancing adverbs is a very no- ticeable feature of OE . prose , and it may be that a more minute study than I ...
... appear if the clause determines the time of the action of a verb which is itself in a subordinate clause . The use of such balancing adverbs is a very no- ticeable feature of OE . prose , and it may be that a more minute study than I ...
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... appears in about the same proportion as in the case of ðaða . Bo . 71.3 pa se Wisdom da þis spel [ areht hæf ] de , pa ongan he eft giddian . 2 a . donne . Excepting a with its variants , this is the most common temporal connective in ...
... appears in about the same proportion as in the case of ðaða . Bo . 71.3 pa se Wisdom da þis spel [ areht hæf ] de , pa ongan he eft giddian . 2 a . donne . Excepting a with its variants , this is the most common temporal connective in ...
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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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