Middle Englsih158-163

Adjectives : comparative and superlative forms

- In the general leveling to e of unstressed vowels, the Old English comparative ending -re , later -er , and the superlative suffixes -ost and -est fell together as -est.- for example : swēte , swetter , swettest .

Verbs :- Verbs continued to conform to the Germanic division into strong and weak.- In strong verbs of the first class , the vowelgradation ( rīde , rōd , riden , ride )Examples of the other classes :2. crēpen , crēp , crupen , crōpen.3.helpen , halp , hulpen , holpen.4.tēren , tar tēren , toren.5.mēten , mat , mēten , mēten.

6. fāren , fōr , fōren , fāren.7. fallen , fēl , fēlen , fallen.

- there were far more weak verbs than strongverbs. Consequently, the weak-ed ending forpresent and past participial came to be usedwith many originally strong verbs.

The Personal Endings : - ( find , found , found )- In Old English :An example : findan , foundon , funden .- In Middle English :An example : finden , founden , founden .- the verbs been “ to be “ ( OE bēon ),

doon “ to do “ ( OE dōn ) remained highlyirregular in Middle English.

Participles :- the endings of the present participle varied from

dialect to dialect .

Word Order :- the prose of the Middle English period has much

the same word as Modern English prose.sometime a pronoun as object might precede theverb.

- In subordinate clauses nouns used as objectsmight also precede verbs .

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