Introduction to Old English is the leading text available designed to help students engage with Old English literary and historical texts for the first time. This new edition builds on the success of the original and includes an expanded anthology and new, easy-to-use glossary. Assumes no expertise in other languages or in traditional grammar Includes basic grammar reviews at ...
Introduction to Old English is the leading text available designed to help students engage with Old English literary and historical texts for the first time. This new edition builds on the success of the original and includes an expanded anthology and new, easy-to-use glossary. Assumes no expertise in other languages or in traditional grammar Includes basic grammar reviews at the beginning of each major chapter Features 'Minitexts' to give students practice reading Old English Includes two chapters on syntax and three on reading poetry Provides a collection of key Old English texts, including 'The Wanderer', 'The Dream of the Rood' and 'Judith' Accompanied by the author's Old English Aerobics website featuring additional readings and exercises
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Direct objects of transitive verbs are usually in the accusative case. Thus in this sentence:
His āgen swustor bebyrġde his līċ
[His own sister buried his corpse]
līċ ‘corpse’ is accusative. Objects of certain prepositions are sometimes or always accusative, and the accusative can be used adverbially in certain expressions of time.
In Old English the accusative has partly fallen together with the nominative. For example, nominative and accusative are never distinguished in the plural or in any neuter noun, pronoun or adjective, and they have also fallen together in the singular of strong masculine nouns. (查看原文)
还没人写过短评呢
还没人写过短评呢