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... present the peculiarities of each variety in a clear and succinct form , and to tabulate the results for each . For the sake of ease in verifying the results pre- sented , and as a convenience for lexical and syn- onymic study , every ...
... present the peculiarities of each variety in a clear and succinct form , and to tabulate the results for each . For the sake of ease in verifying the results pre- sented , and as a convenience for lexical and syn- onymic study , every ...
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... believe that in OE . the causal or concessive or conditional notion never became so strong as to exclude that of time . This idea of time is always present , though sometimes The Connectives of the Temporal Clause 11.
... believe that in OE . the causal or concessive or conditional notion never became so strong as to exclude that of time . This idea of time is always present , though sometimes The Connectives of the Temporal Clause 11.
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... present tense or the optative mode ap- pears . Most of these are in late or corrupt texts , about ten of them being in the late entries of the Chronicle . We shall first consider the cases in which the present tense appears : Chron ...
... present tense or the optative mode ap- pears . Most of these are in late or corrupt texts , about ten of them being in the late entries of the Chronicle . We shall first consider the cases in which the present tense appears : Chron ...
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... present tense 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 ...
... present tense 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 ...
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... present tense , but changes to a when the Latin changes to the past tense . For example , 132. 14 subivnctivo mode under - deodendlicum gemete Tempore Praesenti cum amem þonne ic nu lufige , & c . , eodem modo Tempore Praeterito ...
... present tense , but changes to a when the Latin changes to the past tense . For example , 132. 14 subivnctivo mode under - deodendlicum gemete Tempore Praesenti cum amem þonne ic nu lufige , & c . , eodem modo Tempore Praeterito ...
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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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