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aetgædere
together
beġen
both (also an adj)
fela
many
hwæt
what
hwelc
which
ilca
same (also an adj)
Examples of athematic nouns
mann/man; hnutu/nut; bōc/book
Examples of two-syllable strong nouns
enġel/angel; hēafod/head; sāwol/soul
Examples of nouns with changes in the stem syllables
daeġ/day; aesc/ash tree; ġeat/gate
Examples of u-stem nouns
sunu; hand
Dative translation
to; with; in; or
What are the class 3 weak verbs?
habban/have; libban/live; secgan/say; hycgan/think
What are verbs with weak presents and strong pasts?
class 1 weak verbs in present tense; class 5/6 strong verbs in past tense
Examples of verbs with weak presents and strong pasts
biddan/ask; licgan/lie; scieppan/make, create; sittan/sit; hebban/lift
Auxiliary + infinitive
will find; may find etc
Auxiliary + past participle
Has found; had found; was found
To be + present participle
Is finding
What are verbs of knowing, seeing, hearing and commanding often followed by?
Accusative object + infinitive
What does the inflected infinitive + beon express?
Obligation; necessity; propriety
What’s the Old English version of the ablative absolute?
Noun/pronoun and participle both in the dative case
When is the Old English version of the ablative absolute used?
In place of an adverb clause; in place of another construction expressing time/cause
Which time clauses often take the subjunctive?
Before; until
What phrase does the subjunctive always follow?
Peah; peah pe
