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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...2. mihht), mihhtesst, 3. mihhte, plur. mihhtenn. f. 1. sAaW, 2.shallt, 3. shall, plur. shulenn; pret. 1. 3. shollde, 2.sholldesst, plur. sholldenn; pret. subj. 2. 3. s/wfe, plur. shdenn. g. 3. mime, mwrae, pret. 3. munnde, plur. munndenn. h. 1. rfa?r, 2. darrst, 3. tf-/v, pret. durrste, durrstenn. i. 3. pres. b-rr/e, 3. pret. purrfte. j. 1. anre, 2. kannst, 3. Aranw, cu?mep,3 plur. cunnenn; pret. 1. 3. c?be, plur. CMbenw, inf. cunnenn, pa. part. Cwp. III. pres. l.wife, w'fe, l.wiltt, 3. wile, wile, wille, plur. wilenn; pret. 1.3. wolde, wollde, 2. wolldesst, plur. wolldenn; inf. wilenn, wilenn (neg. wife, m7ft, wife; plur. nilenn; nollde, nolldenn). IV. pres. 1.--2.dosst, dost, 3.dop, plur.rfow; pret. 1.--2.didesst, 3.dide, plur. didenn; inf. rfora, imperat. rfo, plur. rfob, pa. part. tfow. - V. ganngenn, gan, pres.l.--2. as, 3. awnaepp, ab, plur. ran; pret. 3. -&, plur. %edenn, imperat. sing. 2. a, plur. 1. ya, 2. _ffab, pa. part. aw. VII. biggenn, bohhte, bohht. brinngenn, brohhte, brohht. wirrkenn, wrohhte, wrohht. The comparison of these and other forms with A.S. and with Chaucer throws much light upon the development of the language, but I am reluctantly compelled to withhold them. 1 Chaucer has: wote, wotest (wost), wote; plur. woten (wote, wot). The plural forms "ye witen," and "wete ye," likewise occur, and Gesenius says, De ling. Chaucer, p. 72, patet exstitissc turn prseter prsesens I wote etiam aliud / wite et / wete. But he has forgotten the preterite origin of these verbs. 2 Sith ye may and can, Chaucer, 2314, and even in A. S. Chron.: I ne canne and ne mai tellen alle be wundes, A. D. 1137. and was bser tojeanes eall bset he mihte and cu8e, A. D. 1123. 3 He cunneb ba to fandenn be, 12276....
