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... verb . So much for the meaning of da ; now let us con- sider its use . My study has established the fact that Ja is used only with the preterite tense of the in- dicative mode . There are some exceptions , real or apparent , which we ...
... verb . So much for the meaning of da ; now let us con- sider its use . My study has established the fact that Ja is used only with the preterite tense of the in- dicative mode . There are some exceptions , real or apparent , which we ...
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... verb lætan ? Of the five apparent exceptions , then , to the rule in regard to the tense with da , only two seem reason- ably certain . We pass now to the question of mode . Chron . 215. 6 hi ferdon æfter heom into pam mynstre 7 woldon ...
... verb lætan ? Of the five apparent exceptions , then , to the rule in regard to the tense with da , only two seem reason- ably certain . We pass now to the question of mode . Chron . 215. 6 hi ferdon æfter heom into pam mynstre 7 woldon ...
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... verbs of the temporal clauses may be due to the fact of their being in indirect discourse . In any case , the number of exceptions to the prin- ciple laid down is insignificant , granting even that all the cases cited are bona fide ...
... verbs of the temporal clauses may be due to the fact of their being in indirect discourse . In any case , the number of exceptions to the prin- ciple laid down is insignificant , granting even that all the cases cited are bona fide ...
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... 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 have been able to make of this matter would yield more ...
... 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 have been able to make of this matter would yield more ...
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... verb , the time of the activity 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 ...
... verb , the time of the activity 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 ...
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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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