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The Default script should be the most accessible to the maximum number of learners. Tag: Undo |
The "wynn" rune is a Functionally Redundant, Easily Mistaken (for "p" or "thorn"), Purely Symbolic Enigma which Unnecessarily Raises the Learning Threshold for Old English. Tag: Undo |
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Líne 3,892:
# ān; forma
#
# þrīe, þrēo; þridda
#
# fīf; fīfta
# six; sixta
Líne 3,902:
# tīene; tēoða
# endleofan; endleofta
#
# þrēotīene; þrēotēoða
# fēowertīene; fēowertēoða
# fīftīene; fīftēoða
# sixtīene; sixtēoða
Líne 3,910:
# eahtatīene; eahtatēoða
# nigontīene; nigontēoða
# twentig; twentigoða
# ān and
:30. þrītig; þrītigoða
:40.
:50. fīftig; fīftigoða
:60. sixtig; sixtigoða
Líne 3,921:
:100. hund, hundred, hundtēontig; hundtēontigoða
:110. hundendleofantig; hundendleofantigoða
:120.
:200. tū hund
:300. þrēo hund
:1000. þūsend
Simply use the Arabic numbers when writing a number. In regards to declension, only the numbers 1, 2, and 3 decline with the noun. The others do not decline except when acting as a noun themselves (mid 4 manna, but mid
=====Usage with nouns=====
*Numbers 1, 2, 3 decline with the noun, just like any other adjective (in þrim dagum).
*Numbers 4 - 12 simply precede the noun, just like modern English (
*Decades (20, 30,...90) take a noun in the genitive, or in agreement (fīftig manna, on
====Declension of 1, 2, 3 in Old English====
Líne 4,041:
<tr>
<td>Nom.</td>
<td>
<td>tū</td>
<td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gen.</td>
<td>
<td>
<td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dat.</td>
<td>
<td>
<td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Inst.</td>
<td>
<td>
<td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Acc.</td>
<td>
<td>tū</td>
<td>
</tr>
</table>
Líne 4,128:
The ordinal numbers, for the purposes of the wiki, are:
forma, ōðer, þridda, fēorþa, fīfta, sixta, seofoða, eahtoða, nigoða, tēoða, endleofoða,
==Sentence Construction==
Líne 4,141:
Verbs agree with their subject in number and person.
:#Ic hine geseah (singular, 1st person)
:#
===Subordinate Clauses===
Subordinate clauses are introduced with þe, or sē (sēo, þæt) with/without þe.
#Þonne is ān port on
The type of relative pronoun "sē þe," "sēo þe," and "þæt þe" are more common when the antecedent has no demonstrative/qualifier.
#
===Complex Sentences===
====Verbs with þæt-complements====
*The verbs forbeodan ''forbid'', forberan ''refrain from'',
#...and forbead þæt hine man God hēte - ''and forbade anyone to call him God'' (literally, "and forbade that one called him God").
#and forbead þæt man nā þǣr eft ne timbrode - ''and forbade anyone to build there afterward'' (literally, "and forbade that one never there after not built").
*Also, verbs like
#...forþon nis nān
===Questions===
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====Method 2: Question Words====
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