Re: Natlag: Middle English impersonal verbs
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Wednesday, March 8, 2006, 19:30 |
|---|
"Natlag"? Is that a slowness in acquiring one's native language? :)
On 3/8/06, Joseph B. <darkmoonman@...> wrote:
> Can someone here direct me to a good source on impersonal verbs in Middle
> English?
Are you looking for an explanation of the construct or a list of the
verbs which were impersonal? The only ones I know offhand are some
that appear in The Canterbury Tales: in the present tense, deigneth,
liketh, nedeth, remembreth, reweth; in the past tense, mette, moste,
oughte.
A Google search may be helpful. For a printed reference, Burrow and
Turville-Petre's _A_Book_of_Middle_English_ is reportedly quite good.
--
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Replies