Re: Old English Questions
| From: | Y.Penzev <isaacp@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 26, 2002, 5:43 |
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Salvete, amici!
Mea maxima culpa!
An example of what happens if one relies on his memory and doesn't consult
the primary sources:
> > >2. What is the OE cognate to G <heißen> and D <heten>?
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> > Heitan. Middle English cognate, "hight."
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> My sources give the form |he:tan|, sv.VII (so ME |hight| originates from
> preterite form |heht| or |hiht| which is the result of reduplication)
I came home, looked into the textbook, anf found that it was NOT |he:tan|
but |ha:tan|!
There was also a mistake in the greeting form. It should be read |ha:l wes
dhu:|, with SHORT |e| in the verb.
My apologies,
Yitzik
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