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Re: germanic conlang

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, November 15, 2001, 20:08
Lukasz Korczewski wrote:

> oh, here's a good example - >"to help". in english it's a weak verb but in other germanic languages it's >strong.
In fact "help", "holp", "holpen" survived in English until about 1550: the King James Bible (1611) records an intermediate state, with "helped" dominating but with 5 surviving instances of "holpen", sometimes with "have", sometimes with "be". The KJV is not written in 1611-current English, BTW; it is a revised and updated version of much older translations. -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan <jcowan@...> the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel

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