 | Art - 1814 - 678 pages
...other parts of different conjugations, the letter y. Thus, it Is very common to «ay, I can t setcy, I can't nursy, he can't reapy, he can't sawy; as well as to ictcy, to nursy, to reapy, to »airy, &c. but never, I think, without an auxiliary verb, or the sign... | |
 | William Barnes - 1844 - 398 pages
...of the common verbs in the infinitive mode, as well as to some other parts of different conjugations the letter y. Thus it is very common to say, / can't...sawy, &c., but never, I think, without an auxiliary Dorset. A. Saxon. Dorset. I be. Ic beo. We be. Thee bist. Du byst. You be. He is. He is. The be. verb,... | |
 | JAMES MANNING - 1864 - 544 pages
...the common verbs in the infinitive mode, as well as to some other parts of different conjugations, the letter y. Thus it is very common to say, / can't...reapy, he can't sawy, as well as to sewy, to nursy, to renpy, lo sainj, &c. ; but never, I think, without an auxiliary verb , or the sign of the infinitive... | |
 | William Barnes - Literary Criticism - 1886 - 156 pages
...the common verbs in the infinitive mode, as well as to some other parts of different conjugations, the letter y. Thus it is very common to say, / can't sewy, I can't nursy, he can't reapy, he can't saivy, as well as to sewy, to nursy, to reapy, to satvy, &c. ; but never, I think, without an auxiliary... | |
 | William Barnes - Literary Criticism - 1886 - 182 pages
...conjugations, the letter y. Thus it is very common to say, 7 can't sewy, 7 can't nursy, he can't reapij, lie can't sawy, as well as to sewy, to nursy, to reapy, to saivy, &c. ; but never, I think, without an auxiliary verb, or the sign of the infinite to." The truth... | |
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Jennings, in his Observations on the Western Dialects, says, "Another peculiarity is that of attaching to many of the common verbs in the infinitive mode, as well as to some other parts of different conjugations, the letter y. Thus it is very common to... 