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Attributive Clauses
These are introduced either by the relative pronoun pe or by the pronoun se, which from a demonstrative acquired a relative meaning, or by the compound pronoun sepe. Here are examples of each variety: swiðe feawa wæron behionan Humbre, ðe hiora ðeninʒa cuðen understondan on enʒlisc 'very few were on this side of the Humber who could understand their service in English'; ða wæs on pa tid AEðelbyrht cyninʒ haten on Centrice and mihtiʒ, se hæfde rice oð ʒemæro Humbro streames 'there was at this time a king called Athelbyrht in Kent and a mighty one, who had his kingdom as far as the river Humber'; he ʒewunade ʒerisen-lice leoð wyrcan pa de to æfestnisse ond to arfæstnisse belumpon 'he was wont to compose proper songs which belonged to religion and to piety'.
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