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... inflexion n . Thus frea in the nominative is a monosyllable , but the dative frean is a dissyllable . So beon , the present infini- tive of beo , has two syllables . This rule appears to be an important one . Mr. Thorpe thus renders the ...
... inflexion n . Thus frea in the nominative is a monosyllable , but the dative frean is a dissyllable . So beon , the present infini- tive of beo , has two syllables . This rule appears to be an important one . Mr. Thorpe thus renders the ...
Page 69
... inflexion , as in the text . See Cædmon 19 . 7 Price thus renders the passage , Of that , that say to us in books Old historians . Now in the first place , bec is the nominative plural ; and secondly , the section , thas the us secgath ...
... inflexion , as in the text . See Cædmon 19 . 7 Price thus renders the passage , Of that , that say to us in books Old historians . Now in the first place , bec is the nominative plural ; and secondly , the section , thas the us secgath ...
Page 111
... inflexion in either number , but , I think , in some few instances make the dative plur . in en . Some feminines ... inflexion in that number . * The inflexion in en is always a matter of great uncertainty . + The Anglo - Saxon noun also ...
... inflexion in either number , but , I think , in some few instances make the dative plur . in en . Some feminines ... inflexion in that number . * The inflexion in en is always a matter of great uncertainty . + The Anglo - Saxon noun also ...
Page 113
... inflexion . The whole MS . will , however , be published ; and by a gentleman who , I have little doubt , will do justice to a very difficult subject . Layamon informs us that he was a priest , and lived at Ernley , † by Severn . The ...
... inflexion . The whole MS . will , however , be published ; and by a gentleman who , I have little doubt , will do justice to a very difficult subject . Layamon informs us that he was a priest , and lived at Ernley , † by Severn . The ...
Page 115
... criber , I cannot satisfactorily account for them . 5 Hond is here the dative singular , in which case it is often found without inflexion in the Old English . That Chilldric tha kæi sere : icum en wes | I 2 C. III . 115 LAYAMON'S RHYTHMS .
... criber , I cannot satisfactorily account for them . 5 Hond is here the dative singular , in which case it is often found without inflexion in the Old English . That Chilldric tha kæi sere : icum en wes | I 2 C. III . 115 LAYAMON'S RHYTHMS .
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accentual verses adjective Alexandrine alliteration alliterative Anglo-Saxon appears Arthur ballet-stave Beowulf burthen Cædmon Chaucer child common couplet dialect doth earth Engle English poetry Eormanric final rhime five accents four accents fourteenth century gode Harl hath heaven hexameters hire Horn Iambic inflexion interwoven king land language Latin Layamon lengthened Lord meaning metre metrical point Milton monk Myrgings Norman northern dialect notice o'er Old English original Ormulum passage peculiarities plural poem poet poetry probably Psalm-metres quoted reader rhime rhythm Robert of Brunne Romance Romance poetry sectional rhime seems singular sixteenth century sometimes song specimen stanza stave stave of four syllables Tetrameter thær thæs thæt thair tham thatt thee ther thirteenth century Thorpe thou thurrh translation Trochaic twelfth century verb verse versification virelay wæs word writer written wrote