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Patricia lvarez Zamora

Abimaer Arias Guilln

Anyelo Delmonte Salomn

Mara Alejandra Gonzlez Sanabria

Mara Hueso Garca

The Life of St. thelthryth (lines 7-9)

[7] n ra ws Wilfrid bisceop, e ho swost lufode, and h s de Bdan t se cyning

Ecfrid him oft behte myel on lande and on fo, if h l ran mihte eldre his ebeddan t

ho bruce his synscipes.

One of them was bishop Wilfrid, who she greatly loved, and he told Bede that King Ecfrid often

promised him a great deal of land and money if he could persuade his wife, thelthryth, to

benefit from his marriage.

[8] N cw se hlga Bda, e s bc esette, t se lmihtiga God mihte ae edn n on

rum dagum t eldr urhwunode unewemmed mden, ah e ho wer hfde, sw sw

on ealdum dagum hwlon r etmode urh one ylcan God e fre urhwuna mid his

ecorenum hlgum, sw sw h sylf beht.

Now the holy Bede, who composed this book, said that the almighty God could easily do now, in

our days, that thelthryth remained a pure virgin, even if she had a husband, just as in old days

sometimes it formerly happened by means of the same God who always perseveres with his

chosen saints, just as he himself promised.


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[9] eldr wolde ealle woruldincg forltan, and bd eorne one cynincg t ho

Criste mste owian on mynsterlire drohtnunge, sw hire md hire t spon.

Aethelthryth wished to abandon all worldly things, and asked the king eagerly that she could

serve Christ in a monastic way of life, as her spirit urged her to.

MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

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o n: numeral adjective, nominative, singular. CASE

o ra, Personal pronoun, genitive plural, third person.CASE

o ws, anomalous verb, third person singular, past. Infinitive: wesan, bon.

o Wilfrid, proper noun, nominative, singular, masculine.

o bisceop, Strong noun, nominative, singular, masculine.

o e, relative particle.

o ho, personal pronoun, nominative, third person singular, feminine.

o swost, superlative adverb.

o lufode, weak verb, class 2, third person singular, past. Infinitive: lufian.

o and, conjunction.

o h, personal pronoun, nominative, third person singular, masculine.

o s de, weak verb, class 3, third person singular, past. Infinitive: secgan.

o Bdan, proper noun, dative, singular, masculine.

o t, conjunction.

o se, determiner, nominative, singular, masculine.

o cyning, strong noun, nominative singular, masculine.


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o Ecfrid, proper noun, nominative, singular, masculine.

o him, personal pronoun, dative, third person singular, masculine.

o oft, adverb.

o behte, strong verb, class 7, third person singular, past. Infinitive: behtan.

o myel, indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter.

o on, preposition with dative.

o lande, strong noun, dative, singular, feminine.

o and conjunction.

o on, preposition with dative.

o fo, strong noun, dative, singular, neuter.

o if, conjunction.

o h, personal pronoun, nominative, third person singular, masculine.

o l ran, weak verb, class 1, infinitive.

o mihte, preterit present verb, third person singular. Infinitive: magan.

o eldre, proper noun, dative, singular, feminine.

o his, personal pronoun, genitive, third person singular masculine. ACTING AS A POSSESSIVE

o ebeddan, weak noun, accusative, singular, feminine.

o t, conjunction.

o ho, personal pronoun, nominative, third person singular, feminine.

o brce, strong verb, class 2, subjunctive past singular. Infinitive: brucan.

o his, personal pronoun, genitive, third person singular, masculine.

o synscipes, strong noun, dative, singular, masculine.


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o N, adverb.

o cw, strong verb, class 5, past, third person, singular. Infinitive: (ge)cwean.

o se, demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine.

o hlga, weak adjective, nominative, singular, masculine.

o Bda, proper noun, nominative, singular, masculine.

o e, relative particle.

o s, demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular feminine.

o bc, athematic noun, accusative, singular feminine.

o esette, weak verb, class 1, past, third person, singular. Infinitive: gesettan.

o t, conjunction.

o se, determiner, nominative, singular.

o lmihtiga, weak adjetive, nominative, singular, masculine.

o God, proper noun, nominative, singular, masculine.

o mihte, preterit present verb, past, third person, singular. Infinitive: magan.

o ae, adverb.

o edn, anomalous verb, infinitive.

o n, adverb.

o on, preposition with dative.

o rum, personal pronoun, dative, first person, plural.

o dagum, strong noun, dative, plural, masculine.

o t, conjunction.

o eldr, proper noun, nominative, singular feminine.


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o urhwunode, weak verb class 2, past, third person singular. Infinitive: urhwunian.

o unewemmed, strong adjective, nominative, singular, feminine.

o mgden, strong noun, nominative, singular, neuter.

o ah e, conjunction.

o ho, personal pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine.

o wer, strong noun, accusative, singular, masculine.

o hfde, weak verb, class 3, past, third person singular. Infinitive: habban.

o sw sw, conjunction.

o on, preposition with dative.

o ealdum, strong adjective, dative, plural, masculine.

o dagum, noun, dative, plural, masculine.

o hwlon, adverb.

o r, adverb.

o etmode: weak verb, class 2, past, third person, singular. Infinitive: getmian.

o urh, preposition with accusative.

o one, determiner, accusative, singular, masculine.

o ylcan, adjective, accusative, singular, masculine.

o God, proper noun, accusative, singular, masculine.

o e, relative particle.

o fre, adverb.

o urhwuna, weak verb, class 2, present, third person, singular.

o mid, preposition with dative.

o his, personal pronoun, genitive, third person, singular, masculine.


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o ecorenum, strong adjective, dative, plural.

o hlgum, weak noun, dative, plural, masculine.

o sw sw, conjunction.

o h, personal pronoun, nominative, third person, singular, masculine.

o sylf, indefinite pronoun, third person, nominative, masculine, singular.

o beht, strong verb, class 7, past, third person, singular. Infinitive: behtan.

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o eldr, proper noun, nominative, singular, feminine.

o wolde, anomalous verb, past, third person, singular. Infinitive: willan.

o , determiner, accusative, singular, neuter.

o ealle, adjective, neuter, accusative, plural.

o woruldincg, strong noun, accusative, plural, neuter.

o forltan, strong verb, class 7, infinitive.

o and, conjunction.

o bd, strong verb, class 5, past, third person, singular. Infinitive: biddan.

o eorne, adverb.

o one, determiner, accusative, singular, masculine.

o cynincg, strong noun, accusative, singular, masculine.

o t, conjunction.

o he, personal pronoun, nominative, third person, singular, feminine.

o Criste, proper noun, dative, singular, masculine.

o mste, verb, subjunctive past, third person, singular. Infinitive: mtan.

o owian, weak verb, class 2, infinitive.


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o on, preposition with dative.

o mynsterlire, strong adjective, dative, singular, feminine.

o drohtnunge, strong noun, dative, singular, feminine.

o sw, conjunction.

o hire, personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine ACTING AS A POSSESSIVE

o md, strong noun, nominative, singular, neuter.

o hire, personal pronoun, dative, singular, feminine.

o t, preposition.

o spon, strong verb, class 7, past, third person, singular. Infinitive: spanan.

PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS:

OE <n>

(A) OE [:n] > 1 ME n > 2 wn > 3 wn > 4 eModE wn > 5 pre 1640 wun > 6 1640 wn >

PdE [wn] <one>

1. South.

2. Dialectal form. W- formation.

3. Rounding influence of w.

4. Great Vowel Shift.

5. Early shortening.

6. Centralization and loss of lip rounding.

(B) OE [:n] > 1 ME n > 2 eModE n > 3 18th oun > 4 19th un > PdE [n] <alone>

<lonely> <only>
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1. South.

2. Great Vowel Shift.

3. Diphthongization.

4. Centralization of the first element of the diphthong.

OE <ws>

OE [ws] > 1 ME waz > 2 eModE wz > PdE [wz] <was>

1. Voicing s > z because it is a grammatical word.

2. Rounding influence of [w-]; a > o

OE <bisceop> <biscop>

OE ['biop] > 1 ME bip > EModE bip > PdE ['bp] <bishop>

1. Weakening of the vowel of the second syllable due to lack of stress.

OE <lufode> <lufian>

OE ['luvin] > 1 ME luv > 2 1640 lv > PdE [lv] <love>

1. Loss of the infinitive ending.

2. Centralization and loss of lip-rounding.

OE <and>

OE [nd] > 1 ME and > 2 1653 nd > PdE [nd] <and>

1. No lengthening of short vowel + nasal + homorganic consonant because a was not

affected and because it is a grammatical word.

2. Fronting.
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OE <h>

OE [he:] > ME h > 1 eModE h > PdE [hi:] <he>

1. Great Vowel Shift (GVS).

OE <cyning>

OE ['kning] > 1 2 ME king > 3 17th ki > PdE [k] <king>

1. Eastern development.

2. Law of the least effort and assimilation.

3. becomes a phoneme and g is lost.

OE <him>

OE [him] > ME him > EModE him > PdE [hm] <him>

OE <myel>

OE ['mtel] > 1 ME mtl > 2 mt > 3 mut > EModE mut > 4 1640 mt > PdE [mt]

<much>

1. Loss of the vowel of the second syllable due to lack of stress.

2. Loss of l next to an affricate.

3. Western development.

4. Centralization and loss of lip-rounding.

OE <on>

OE [on] ME on > PdE [n] <on>

OE <lande>

OE ['lnde] > 1,2 ME land > 3 1653 lnd > PdE [lnd] <land>

1. Loss of ending.
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2. No lengthening of short vowel + nasal + homorganic consonant because a is followed

by -nd.

3. Fronting.

OE <if> <yf> IN THE TEXT

A) OE [jif] > 1 ME iif > 2 f > 3 if > PdE [f] <if>

1. Vocalization.

2. Assimilation.

3. Shortening because it is a grammatical word.

B) OE [jf] > 1 ME jif> 2 iif > 3 f > 4 if > PdE [f] <if>

1. Northern and Eastern development.

2. Vocalization.

3. Assimilation.

4. Shortening because it is a grammatical word.

OE <mihte> <miht>

OE [mit]> 1 ME mijt > 2 miit > 3 mi:t> 4 eModE mait > 5 17th mait > PdE [mat]

<might>

1. H-gliding.

2. Vocalization.

3. Assimilation.

4. Great Vowel Shift.

5. - + t >

OE <his>

OE [his] > 1 ME hiz > PdE [hz] <his>


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1. Voicing because it is a grammatical word.

OE <n>

OE [nu:] > ME n > 1. EModE na >PdE [na] <now>

1. Great Vowel Shift.

OE <hlga> <hli>

OE ['h:lij] > 1 2 ME hlii > 3 hl > 4 hli > 5 eModE hli > 6 18th houli > 7 19th

huli >PdE ['hl] <holy>

1. South.

2. Vocalization.

3. Assimilation.

4. Shortening due to lack of stress.

5. Great Vowel Shift.

6. Diphthongization.

7. Centralization of the first element of the diphthong.

OE <bc>

OE [bo:k] > M.E bk > 1 EModE bk > 2 Post 1640 bk > PdE [bk] <book>

1. Great Vowel Shift.

2. LATE Shortening.

OE <t>

OE [t] > 1 ME at > 2 1653 t > PdE [t] <that>

1. Voicing because it is a grammatical word.

2. Fronting.
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OE <lmightiga>

1) OE <ealle> <eall>

OE [ll] Late OE ll> 1 wll >2 wl > 3 ME aul > 4 18th l > PdE [:l] <all>

1. L-gliding

2. Simplification of geminates

3. Vocalization

4. Monophthongization

2) OE <mihte> <miht>

OE [mit]> 1 ME mijt > 2 miit > 3 mi:t> 4 eModE mait > 5 17th mait > PdE [mat]

<might>

1. H-gliding.

2. Vocalization.

3. Assimilation.

4. Great Vowel Shift.

5. - + t >

OE <god>

OE [god] > ME god > eModE god > PdE [gd] <god>

OE <rum> <re>

OE ['u:re] > 1 ME u:r > 2 EModE aur > 3 18th aur > 4 20th a > PdE [a] <our>

1. Loss of vowel of the final syllable due to the lack of stress.

2. Great Vowel Shift.

3. r-gliding.

4. Loss of final r
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OE <dagum> <dg>

OE [dj] > 1, 2, 3 ME dai > d > 4 EModE d > 17th d > 18th d > 5 19th dei > PdE [de]

<day>

1. Free change.

2. Vocalization.

3. Merger of ME ei, ai and a:

4. Great Vowel Shift.

5. Diphthongization.

OE <wer>

A) OE <werum>

OE ['werum] > 1 ME wrum > 2 wr > 3 eModE wr > wr > 4 18th wr > 5 wir > 6 20th wi > PdE

[w] <wer->

1. Open Syllable Lengthening.

2. Loss of endings.

3. Great Vowel Shift.

4.- r gliding.

5. Shortening.

6. r >

B) OE <wer>

OE [w3:] > ME wer > 1 18 wr > w3:r > 2 20 w3: > PdE [w3:] <wer>

1. Tendency of short vowels to be lengthened when followed by s, ss, th, f, v, -r or r +

consonant.

2. r >
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OE <hfde> <habban>

OE ['haan] > 1 late OE haan > 2 ME ha > 3 hav > 4 1653 hv > PdE [hv] <have>

1. Simplification of geminates.

2. Loss of endings.

3. > v

4. Fronting.

OE <sw>

OE [sw:] > 1 ME sw > 2 s > 3 eModE s > 4 18th sou > 5 19th s > PdE [s] <so>

1. South.

2. Loss of w next to a back vowel, in unstressed position.

3. Great Vowel Shift.

4. Diphthongization.

5. Centralization of the first element of the diphthong.

OE <ealdum> <eald>

OE ['ald] > late OE ald > 1 ld > 2 ME ld > 3 ld > 4 18th ould > 5 19th uld > PdE [ld]

<old>

1. Lengthening of short vowels + liquid + homorganic consonant.

2. South.

3. Great Vowel Shift.

4. Diphthongization.

5. Centralization of the first element of the diphthong.


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OE < fre>

OE [':vre] > 1 ME vr > 2 vr > 3 evr > 4 20th ev > PdE [ev] <ever>

1. Free change and loss of final vowel due to the lack of stress.

2. Epenthetic .

3. EARLY Shortening (PRE-GVS) because it is a grammatical word.

4. Loss of final r.

OE <wolde> <willan> WOLDE ?????

OE ['willn] > 1 lOE wiln > 2 ME wil > PdE [wil] <will>

1. Simplification of geminates.

2. Loss of endings.

OE <woruldincg>

1) OE <world>

OE [world] > ME world > 1 18th wrld > 2 w:rld > 3 19th w:ld > PdE [w:ld] <world>

1. Merger of er, -ir, -ur and sometimes or.

2. Tendency of short vowels to be lengthened when followed by s, ss, th, f, v, -r, r +

consonant.

3. Loss of r + consonant.

2) OE <yng>

OE [ng] > 1 ME ing > 2 17th i > PdE [i] <thing>

1. Easter development.
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2. g is lost and becomes a phoneme.

OE <Crste>

OE ['kri:ste] > 1 ME kri:st > 2 eModE kraist >PdE [krast] <Christ>

1. Loss of the vowel of the second syllable due to lack of stress.

2. Great Vowel Shift.

OE <t>

A) OE [to:] > ME t > 1 eModE t > PdE [tu:] <too> ADVERB

1. Great Vowel Shift.

B) OE [to:] > ME t > 1 eModE t > 2 Post 1640 tu > PdE [t] <to> PREPOSITION

1. Great Vowel Shift.

2. Shortening because it is a grammatical word.

GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS

OE <> was substituted in ME by <a> by Anglo-Norman convention (ANC). <> appeared

for the last time in 1258, in the Oxford Provisions.

o Examples: <ws> <was>; <pt> <that>; <hfde> <have>

By ANC, ME long open [:] is represented by means of the digraph <ea> or by means of <e +

consonant +e>.

o Example: ever. BE CONSISTENT !

In ME by ANC, [i] began to be represented by means of the letter <i> when it was in mid-word

position and by <y> in word final position. Only if the word is of classical origin could ME [i]

be represented by means of <i> in word final position.


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o Examples: his, willan, hit, if. EITHER THE P.E. SPELLING OR THE OLD

ENGLISH SPELLING

By ANC, M.E. <> came to be represented by means of the diagraph <oo>.

i.e <bc> (book) and <t> (too).

Law of Minims: In ME, because of the Law of Minims, when [u] was followed by the

downstroke letters <m>, <n>, <u>, <v>, or preceded by <w>, it came to be represented by

means of the letter <o>.

o Example: lufian>love. BE CONSISTENT

By ANC, OE long [u:] came to be represented by means of <ou> in mid-word position and by

means of <ow> in word final position.

o Example: n. BE CONSISTENT

In OE, the letters <> thorn and <> eth, which represented // and // indistinctively, were

replaced by <th> by ANC. In PdE, <th> represents both [] and []. REDUNDANT

o Examples: e, ra, t. BE CONSISTENT

By ANC <l> in final position is represented by <ll> in monosyllabic words. In polysyllabic

words in word final position it was represented by means of < l >.

o Example: eall.

In OE, the diagraph <sc> could represent two different sounds: // and /sk/. The first one is

normally found when <sc> is followed by a front or palatal vowel /, e, i/. The second one will

typically occur when followed by a back or velar vowel /, o, u/. In ME, by ANC, // came to be

represented by means of the letters <sh> and /sk/ is represented nowadays by means of the

letters <sk>, <sc>.

o Example: bisceop > bishop.


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OE [k] was represented by means of the letter <c> in word initial position when followed by a back

vowel. In PdE, it is represented by means of the letter <k> in word initial position when followed by

a front vowel by ANC and by means of the letters <ck> in final position or in mid-word position (as

part of the word root), and by means of <k> in word final position preceded by a consonant, also by

ANC. RE-WRITE

o Example: cyning. BE CONSISTENT

In ME, by ANC, the voiceless palatal affricate /t/ was represented by means of the letters <ch>.

o Example: myel > much

SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

<To/too>: they both derive from the OE <t>. Whereas PdE <too> is the result of the

paradigmatic development of OE <t>, PdE <to> experienced a late shortening that took place

after 1640.

<willan>: In OE it meant desire, wish, intention, or determination; in combination with SHALL

forming a future tense. TRACES OF THE OLD MEANING??????

<maiden>: In OE it meant girl, young woman, virgin or female servant while nowadays, it

means girl, or young woman, especially a virgin. Nowadays, it is also used to refer to an

unmarried older woman. <maid> nowadays is used to refer to a female employed in domestic

service. RE-WRITE.

<on> in OE when followed by dative meant in or on indistinctively; in had similar uses;

in was reinforced in ME due to French influence and on lost its in senses.

<wer>: In OE it meant man and also husband. Nowadays, this word can refer to an adult

human male, to a human, to a human being or in the word werewolf, meaning person
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transformed or capable to transforming himself into a wolf. The meaning of husband has

been lost.

<r> in OE it meant before (in time), usually with dative, sometimes with accusative.

Nowadays it is used as an adverb: before, early, earlier and formerly; or as the

preposition and conjunction before.

<n> in OE it meant one, a, a certain or only. Nowadays <n> only means one.

<sw> in OE it meant as. In present day English <sw sw> means as, just as and as far

as.

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