Comparison of Adjectives in Old English




 

Means of form-build­ing Positive Comparative Superlative NE
Sufftxation soft wēriз softra wēri3ra softost wēri3ost soft weary
Suffixation plus vowel inter­change 3læd 1оnз eald (also: 3lædra 1еnзга ieldra ealdra 3lædost len3est ieldest ealdost, ealdest) glad long old
Suppletion 3ōd lýtel micel bettra lǽssa māга bet(e)st lǽst mǽst good little much

4.Numerals. Cardinal and ordinal numerals.

Cardinal numerals. The first three nnumerals – ān, twēзen, þrēo_ have the forms of gender and case. Ăn is declenedis declined like strong adjectives.

The declension of twēзen:

 

  M N F
Nom. twēзen tū, twā twā
Gen. twēзra
Dat. twǽm, twām
Acc. twēзen tū, twā twā

The declension of þrēo:

 

  M N F
Nom. Þrīe, þrī, þrý þrīo þrēo þrīo þrēo
Gen. Þrīora, þrēora
  þrim
  Þrīe, þrī, þrý Þrīo, þrēo þrīo þrēo

 

The numerals from 4 to 19 do not decline.

 

4- fēower 5-fīf 6-syx, siex 7-seofon 8-eahte 9-ni3on 10-tīen, týn 11-endleofan 12- twelf 13- þrēotīne

 

The numerals fromn13 to 19 are build adding –tine, -tiene:. Starting from 20, the numerals are build adding –ti3: þrīti3, fēowerti3, etc. Starting from 70 to 100, hund- is added:

70- hundseofonti3, 100-hundteonti3, 110- hundendlæfti3, 1000- þūsend.

Ordinal numerals.

 

1st- forma, firmesta, fyrest, ǽrest 2nd-ōþer, æftera. 3d-þridda 4th-fēowera 5th-fifta   6th-siexta 7th-seofoþa 8th-eahtoþa 9th-ni3oþa 10th-tēoþa 11th-endlefta 12th-twelfta

 

The numerals from the 14th to the 19th are buil with the help of the suffix –teoþa? From the 20th to the 12o – with the suffix -ti3oþa.

 

The verb

Grammatical categories of the finite verbs.

The verb-predicate agreed with the noun in two grammatical categories: number and person. The category of Mood was costituted by Indicative, Imperative and Subjunctive. The category of Tense consisted of Present and Past categorial forms.

 

Conjugation of verbs in Old English

  Strong Weak
Infinitive Present tense Indicative findan (NE find) beran bear dēman deem lōcian look
Singular 1st 2nd 3rd Plural finde fintst fint findaþ bere bir(e)st bir(e)þ beraþ dēme dēmst dēmp dēmaþ lōcie lōcast lōcaþ lōciaþ
Subjunctive Singular Plural   finde finden   bere beren   dēme dēmen   lōcie lōcien
Imperative Singular Plural Participle I Past tense Indicative   find findaþ findende       ber beraþ berende   dēm dēmaþ dēmende   lōca lōciaþ lōciende
Singular 1st 2nd 3rd Plural fond funde fond fundon bær bǽre bær bǽron dēmde dēmdest dēmde dēmdon lōcode lōcodest lōcode lōcodon
Subjunctive Singular Plural Participle II   funde bǽre funden bǽren (3e)fundon (зе)boren   dēmde lōcode dēmden lōcoden (3e)dēmed (3e)lōcod

 

Grammatical categories of the verbals.In Oe there were two non-finite forms of the verb: the Infinitive and the Participle. Their nominal features were more obvious than verbal. The latter was revealed only in their syntactic combinability: they could take diect objects and be modified by adverbs.

The Infinitive had a reduced case-system: two forms which roughly correspond to the Nom. and Dat. cases of Nouns.

Nom. beran

Dat. to beranne

Participles.Part I was opposed to Part.II through Voice and Tense distinction. Part.I was active and expressed present or simultaneous processes, while Part.Iiexpressed states andqualities resulting from past action, was passive, if the verb was transitive.

Participles in Old English

Voice Tense Active Passive NE
Present berende bearing
  secзende saying
  зanзende going
  farende ‘travelling’
Past зезān зеboren gone, born
  зefaren зesǽdd ‘who has depar­ted, said’

 

Morphological classifications of verbs.

Strong verbs. There were about three hundred strong verbs in OE. They formed their stems by means of vowel gradation (ablaut) and by adding certain suffixes.

The classes of strong verbs.

Strong Verbs in Old English

Principal forms   Classes Infinitive Past Singular1 Past Plural Partici­ple II NE
  wrītan wrāt writon writen write
  (a) cēosan (b) būзan cēas bēaз curon buзon coren bозеn choose bow
  (a) findan (b) helpan (c) feohtan fand healp feaht fundon hulpon fuhton funden holpen fohten find help fight
  beran bær bǽron boren bear
  (a) cweðan   (b) sittan cwæð   sæt cwǽdon   sǽton cweden   seten ‘say’ (obs. quoth) sit
  scacan scōc scōcon scacen shake
  (a) hātan (b) зrōwan hēt (heht) зrēow hēton (hehton) зrēowon hāten зrōwen ‘call’, ‘name’ grow

Weak verbs. The weak verbs derived their Past Tense stem and the stem of Participle II from the Present Tense stem with the help of the dental suffix.

The classes of weak verbs.



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