Old English Modal Verbs: A Syntactical Study |
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adverb clauses ÆCHom Ælfric ÆLS agan bebeodan Bebeodan-group Bede Beo and Gen beon biddan Biddan-group Boethius BT s.v. ByrM Chad CHom ChronA clauses object clauses contexts corpus cunnan dæt dependent desires dependent infinitive durran example Forgiefan-group forms of simple genre Godes hine homiletic Homilies identical type incidence of modal independent clauses indirect questions inflexional forms instances læran Læran-group mæg mæge magan meahte modal auxiliaries modal verbs motan Mt(WSCp narrative non-identical type noun clauses object nuances occur Old English Orosius pæt person subject ponne present forms present subjunctive preter preterite forms primary sense principal clause prose texts relative clauses sceal sceolde sculan simple verb forms Solil Standop subj subjunctive mood subjunctive preterites subordinate clauses Swerian-group Syntax translation type of clause usage VercHom wære willan wilnian Wilnian-group wolde woldon WSCp Wulfstan þæs þæt þæt-clause þam þonne þurfan