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Re: Old French II

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 17, 2002, 19:05
Ray Brown scripsit:

> > FWIW, supposedly "ad ested" was pronounced [aD'Est@D]. > > till summer ? > Help - there doesn't seem to be a verb.
I take it that "ad ested in" reflects an underlying "estet", with intervocalic voicing; indeed, some printings give "estet". This is the verb, all right. "For seven full years has been in Spain". -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.ccil.org/~cowan http://www.reutershealth.com Unified Gaelic in Cyrillic script! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Celticonlang