Re: Circumfixes?
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 7, 2001, 15:37 |
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Douglas Koller, Latin & French wrote:
> [...] the antiquated "Me thinks..."
Note that "think" in this idiom is an impersonal verb meaning
"it seems". Chaucer uses "Him thought" [hIm Tuxt] to mean
"It seemed to him that..."
Similarly, Malory makes King Arthur say "Me liketh better
the sword", i.e. the sword pleases me better. Note the
3rd-person agreement on both verbs.
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