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... ( noun of time ) + de , it is difficult to decide whether the function of the particular example is adjectival or adverbial . In OE . this connective is never omitted , at least in colloquial speech , as its counterpart sometimes is in ...
... ( noun of time ) + de , it is difficult to decide whether the function of the particular example is adjectival or adverbial . In OE . this connective is never omitted , at least in colloquial speech , as its counterpart sometimes is in ...
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... with the swa immediately preceding.2 1 Grein , Bibliothek , vol . 3 . For an example of a similar mixed construction , see swa lange ... oð dat p . 133 . 7a . prep . + object ( noun of time The Connectives of the Temporal Clause 31.
... with the swa immediately preceding.2 1 Grein , Bibliothek , vol . 3 . For an example of a similar mixed construction , see swa lange ... oð dat p . 133 . 7a . prep . + object ( noun of time The Connectives of the Temporal Clause 31.
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... noun of time in the quasi - stereotyped phrase intro- ducing the clause . No hard and fast line can be drawn , for the temporal nature of the clause is in- cidental , and its primary function is to characterize the noun of time . But ...
... noun of time in the quasi - stereotyped phrase intro- ducing the clause . No hard and fast line can be drawn , for the temporal nature of the clause is in- cidental , and its primary function is to characterize the noun of time . But ...
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... noun of time , but the con- struction is identical with that of the other examples , and the word does represent the time in which the action of the main verb occurs . d It will appear from the notes given below that this The ...
... noun of time , but the con- struction is identical with that of the other examples , and the word does represent the time in which the action of the main verb occurs . d It will appear from the notes given below that this The ...
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... Greek : L. 1.25 Οὕτως μοι πεποίηκεν Κύριος ἐν ἡμέραις αἷς ἐπεῖδεν ἀφελεῖν ονειδός μου ἐν ἀνθρώποις . 1 See the note to 1097 in Cook's ed . 2 C. H. Whitman , Boston , 1900 . 7b . noun of time ( in oblique case ) 34 Chapter 1.
... Greek : L. 1.25 Οὕτως μοι πεποίηκεν Κύριος ἐν ἡμέραις αἷς ἐπεῖδεν ἀφελεῖν ονειδός μου ἐν ἀνθρώποις . 1 See the note to 1097 in Cook's ed . 2 C. H. Whitman , Boston , 1900 . 7b . noun of time ( in oblique case ) 34 Chapter 1.
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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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