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... Wulf . Wulfstan's Homilies , ed . Napier . Berlin , = 1883 . All quotations from the following works , unless otherwise specified , are from the editions given below : A. Old English Poetry . Christ , ed . Cook . Boston , 1900 . Judith ...
... Wulf . Wulfstan's Homilies , ed . Napier . Berlin , = 1883 . All quotations from the following works , unless otherwise specified , are from the editions given below : A. Old English Poetry . Christ , ed . Cook . Boston , 1900 . Judith ...
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... Wulf . 118. 9 ; 208. 30. The relative nature of these clauses appears from a comparison with such cases as this : M. 9. 15 soolice pa dagas cumað þæt se bryd- guma byð afyrred fram him . For this passage the Hatton MS . reads : pe se ...
... Wulf . 118. 9 ; 208. 30. The relative nature of these clauses appears from a comparison with such cases as this : M. 9. 15 soolice pa dagas cumað þæt se bryd- guma byð afyrred fram him . For this passage the Hatton MS . reads : pe se ...
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... Wulf . 106.28 and swa oft swa hy fyrdedon odde to gefeohte woldon , ponne offrodon hy heora lac . However , in the larger number of cases we have no such balancing adverb , but the main clause follows directly , thus : O. 218. 15 swa ...
... Wulf . 106.28 and swa oft swa hy fyrdedon odde to gefeohte woldon , ponne offrodon hy heora lac . However , in the larger number of cases we have no such balancing adverb , but the main clause follows directly , thus : O. 218. 15 swa ...
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... Wulf- stan . Probably in origin the construction is 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 ...
... Wulf- stan . Probably in origin the construction is 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 ...
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... Wulf . 73. 21 ; 290. 22 . NOTE 1. Grein's Sprachschatz gives only one reference for this connective in the poetry : Metra des Boëtius1 , 22.9 sece þæt siððan on his sefan innan 7 forlæte an swa he oftost mæge ælcne ymbhogan . 6 d . swa ...
... Wulf . 73. 21 ; 290. 22 . NOTE 1. Grein's Sprachschatz gives only one reference for this connective in the poetry : Metra des Boëtius1 , 22.9 sece þæt siððan on his sefan innan 7 forlæte an swa he oftost mæge ælcne ymbhogan . 6 d . swa ...
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adverb æfter Ælfric's ærest Beowulf bið biscop Brut Cart Chron connective Crist cyning da hwile dæg dæge dæm dær dære dæs ðæt daga dative Dial donne ealle Examples follow folc Godes Gothic Guth hæfde halga Heliand heora hine hrade hwonne indeter Index-List 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 pære particle Piers Plowman poetry pone ponne preposition prose Psalms quote examples secge sentence siddan sona swa swa Clauses swa lange swide Syntax Tatian temporal clause temporal conjunction texts thiu translates wære wæron wæs wið Willan Wulf Wülfing þæm þær þære þæs þæt þam þan þat þis þone þonne
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