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... sentence : ' When the books of a year and of a library were counted by hundreds or thousands , learned men could really know what was best to be known'2 . In the following sen- tence the temporal force has almost disappeared : L. 14. 29 ...
... sentence : ' When the books of a year and of a library were counted by hundreds or thousands , learned men could really know what was best to be known'2 . In the following sen- tence the temporal force has almost disappeared : L. 14. 29 ...
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... sentences referred to , we find cum - clauses which may be considered either as temporal , or causal , or both . I believe that in OE . the causal or concessive or conditional notion never became so strong as to exclude that of time ...
... sentences referred to , we find cum - clauses which may be considered either as temporal , or causal , or both . I believe that in OE . the causal or concessive or conditional notion never became so strong as to exclude that of time ...
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... sentence is probably preterite indicative , with a for e : Cart . 2 , 290. 14 hit hiera yrfe is þ hit swa umbe sæccen gange into þære Cyrican swa hit pa on dæg wes , þa hit man him to læt . Lch . 3 , 82. 11 þæt syndon sa ysene , pa man ...
... sentence is probably preterite indicative , with a for e : Cart . 2 , 290. 14 hit hiera yrfe is þ hit swa umbe sæccen gange into þære Cyrican swa hit pa on dæg wes , þa hit man him to læt . Lch . 3 , 82. 11 þæt syndon sa ysene , pa man ...
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... of which is determined by the temporal clause , is omit- 1 p . 14 . 2 The Conditional Sentence in Anglo - Saxon , Munich , 1893 , p . 49 . ted , as in this example : Mart . 4. C 2 The Connectives of the Temporal Clause 19.
... of which is determined by the temporal clause , is omit- 1 p . 14 . 2 The Conditional Sentence in Anglo - Saxon , Munich , 1893 , p . 49 . ted , as in this example : Mart . 4. C 2 The Connectives of the Temporal Clause 19.
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... sentence : Lch . 1 , 390. 18 Ɖis man sceal cweðan donne his ceapa hwilcne man fortsolenne . Cock- ayne translates : ' A man must sing this when one hath stolen any one of his cattle ' . I judge it is a mere corruption for the accusative ...
... sentence : Lch . 1 , 390. 18 Ɖis man sceal cweðan donne his ceapa hwilcne man fortsolenne . Cock- ayne translates : ' A man must sing this when one hath stolen any one of his cattle ' . I judge it is a mere corruption for the accusative ...
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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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