FAR (A.-S. feor, at a distance), farther, OLD far-th-est. furthest. oldest. }(A.-S. eld=age), {older, (A.-S. ældre), eldest, enldest. OUT (A.-S. ut), outer, utter, [RATHE] (A.-S. rath), swift, early, rather 6. Numerals. CIPHER (Arabic, safira, empty). outermost, utmost. [rathest]. HUNDRED (A.-S. hund=10) some syllable seems to be lost. THOUSAND (A.-S. pusend). The A.-S. pusend is nothing but the more complete Mæso-Goth. 'tigos hund,' or 'taihuns hund,' viz. ten times hundred.-Bosworth. TITHE (A.-S. tith or tyth, a possession or holding). FARTHING fourth-ing little fourth part. FOURTH FIFTH &c. (A.-S. feo wertha), the suffix th in these words is in A.-S. ta or tha. BOTH (A.-S. ba-twa or butu), ba=both, twa=two-both the two, or by twos. ONCE (A.-S. an-es), now an adverb, formerly an old genitive. TWICE=twies (A.-S. t wi), now an adverb, formerly an old genitive. THRICE thries (A.-S. thri) TWAIN (A.-S. twégen). ONLY=onelike. ONE (adj.), A.-S. an; (noun), Fr. on, Lat. homo. I (A.-S. ic, Ger. ich). § 3. Pronouns. THOU (A.-S. thu), connected with two. HE (A.-S. He). SHE (A.-S. seo and heo): the former gives she, the latter hoo; Lancash. dial. for she. IT (A.-S. hy t), possibly from hot the said, from hát a n, to name. MINE (A.-S. min), gen. of ic, as if formed my-en, en being adject. suffix. THINE (A.-S. thin), gen. of thu, as if formed thy-en, en being adject. suffix. HIS (A.-S. his), gen. of he. HER (A.-S. hyre). ITs, gen. of it. His formerly did duty for its, which was introduced after the completion of the authorised version of the Scriptures, circa 1640. OUR (A.-S. ure), gen. of we; as if, we-er. YOUR (A.-S. eower); as if, you-er. THEIR (A.-S. hyra); as if, they-er. WHO (A.-S. h w a), connected possibly with heáwan, to hew. The relative represents the antecedent, as, an image does the original. WHICH (A.-S. who+like). WHAT (A.-S. h wat), neuter of who. THE, THIS, possibly from the an,* to take.- -Horne Tooke. *So written in Richardson's Study of Language: þicgan, þigan.—Bosworth. OWN (A.-S. á gen), from á gan, to have or hold. ANY (A.-S. a n-ig-add one). ENOUGH (A.-S. genogan), to satisfy. SOME (A.-S. somnian), to collect. DIVERS (Lat. diversus), different. EACH (A.-S. ea-ilk = one like); ilka means the same. SUCH (A.-S. 8 wa so+like). AUGHT (A.-S. a whit a bit). NAUGHT (A.-S. no whit or no bit). EITHER (A.-S. athor or auther = one of two). A.-S. where. r, ra, e, signify rest in; her=here; þær=there; hwær= DER (motion to): hi-der-hither; pi-der=thither; hwi-der= whither.-Vernon's Anglo-Saxon Guide. § 4. The Verb. 1. Principal Prefixes. A, before verbs gives a transitive force; as, await=wait on. Be=by, and gives a transitive or reflective force; as, behave = be-have. FOR (Lat. foris, out of, or beyond); as, forget, forbid, get forth, &c. AND or AN against; as, answer=swear against. FORE before; as, foretell tell beforehand. EN, prefix or suffix, has the force of to make; as, enrich, lighten; the words enlighten, enliven, enripen, engladden, enstrengthen, endarken have both. EN or EM (Lat.) for in=in or on; as, embark. MIS- (Goth.), to err, or stray from; as, mislead to lead wrong. WITH (A.-S.) in composition against; as, withstand, i. e. stand against. RE (Lat. back); as, retrace. 2. Inflections. -ST (A.-S. ast, O. Sax. is, Gr. els, as, s); Sanscrit si; may be a form of ov, thou. -TH (A.-S. ath, O. Sax. and Lat. t), may be a form of the, an old pronoun of the third person. -ING, participial suffix (A.-S. ende). -ING, gerund (A.-S. anne); as, writing writanne to write. The infinitive to write (A.-S. an; as, writan): the gerund to write (A.-S. anne; as, writanne). -ED; as in delighted. The force of this suffix is did; thus, I loved= I love-did The Anglo-Saxon verb substantive is composed of several verbs. We can trace in its different inflexions no fewer than five, of which three now remain-be, am, was. In these inflexions we may distinctly see five verbs whose conju gations are intermixed :: 1. Eoм, es, ys, are of one family, and resemble the Greek eiuí. 2. AR, arth, am, are, proceed from another parent, like eram. 3. Sr, synd from another, and recall sum, 4. WES, wære, wæron 5. BEON, bist, byth, beoth |