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N. hunt-a tung-e ēag-e G.D.I. hunt-an tung-an ēag-an A. hunt-an tung-an ēag-e Plur. N.A. hunt-an tung-an ēag-an G. hunt-ena tung-ena ēag-ena D.I. hunt-um tung-um ēag-um 65. VOCABULARY. sē adesa, hatchet, adze. sē ǣmetta, leisure [empt-iness]. sē bǫna (bana), murderer [bane]. sēo cirice, church [Scotch kirk]. sē cnapa (later, cnafa), boy [knave]. sē cuma, stranger [comer]. ðæt ēare, ear. sēo eorðe, earth. sē gefēra, companion [co-farer]. sē guma, man [bride-groom 1 ]. sēo heorte, heart. gescieppan, to create [shape, land- scape, friend-ship]. giefan (with dat. of indirect object), to give. healdan, to hold. sē mōna, moon. sēo nǣdre, adder [a nadder >an adder 2 ]. sē oxa, ox. sē scēowyrhta, shoe-maker [shoe-wright]. sēo sunne, sun. sē tēona, injury [teen]. biddan (with dat. of person and gen. of thing 3 ), to request, ask for . cwelan, to die [quail]. scęððan (with dat.), to injure [scathe]. wiðstǫndan (-standan) (with dat.), to withstand . 1 The r is intrusive in –groom, as it is in cart-r-idge, part-r-idge, vag-r-ant, and hoa-r-se. 2 The n has been appropriated by the article. Cf. an apron ( norange) , and umpire ( 3 In Mn.E. we say “I request a favor you”; but in O.E. it was “I request you (dative) of a favor” (gentive). Cf. Cymbeline , III, 6, 92: “We’ll mannerly demand thee of thy story.” 37 helpan (with dat.), to help. wrītan, to write. 66. EXERCISES. I. 1. Sē scēowyrthta brȳcð his ǣmettan. 2. Dā guman biddað ðǣm cnapan ðæs adesan. 3. Hwā is sē cuma? 4. Hielpst ðū ðǣm bǫnan? 5. Ic him ne helpe. 6. Dā bearn scęððað ðæs bǫnan ēagum and ēarum. 7. Sē cuma cwielð on ðǣre cirican. 8. Sē hunta wiðstęnt ðǣm wulfum. 9. Dā oxan berað ðæs cnapan gefēran. 10. Sē mona ǫnd ðā tunglu sind on ðǣm heofonum. 11. Ðā huntan healdað ðǣre nǣdran tungan. 12. Hē hiere giefð ðā giefa. 13. Ðā werod scęððað ðæs cyninges feldum. II. 1. Who will bind the mouths of the oxen? 2. Who gives him the gifts? 38 3. Thou art helping him, and I am injuring him. 4. The boy’s companion is dying. 5. His nephew does not enjoy his leisure. 6. The adder’s tongue injures the king’s companion. 7. The sun is the day’s eye. 8. She asks the strangers for the spears. 9. The men’s bodies are not here. 10. Is he not (Nis hē) the child’s murderer? 11. Who creates the bodies and souls of men? 12. Thou withstandest her. 13. He is not writing. 39 CHAPTER XII. REMNANTS OF OTHER CONSONANT DECLENSIONS. 67. The nouns belonging here are chiefly masculines and feminines. Their stem ended in a consonant other than n. The most important of them may be divided as follows: (1) The foot Declension, (2) r-Stems, and (3) nd-Stems. These declensions are all characterized by the prevalence, wherever possible, of i-umlaut in certain cases, the case ending being then dropped. 68. (1) The nouns belonging to the foot Declension exhibit umlaut most consistently in the N.A. plural. Download 0.5 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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