Paper instructions:
WORD ORDER and CASE in OLD ENGLISH
The king loves the queen (s – v – o)
The king loves the queen( o – v – s)
Then queen loves the king ( s – v – o )
The queen loves then king( o – v – s )
Every case has it owns definite article case and we can match it through the table if it is either a subject or object and also the verb and by also looking at the gender of the word either by feminine or masculine .
NOUN and DEFINITE ARTICLE DECLENSION
CASE | SINGULAR masculine | SINGULAR feminine |
SUBJECT | se cyning | seocwen |
POSSESSIVE | þæscyninges | þærecwene |
DATIVE | þæmcyninge | þærecwene |
OBJECT | þonecyning | þācwene |
Compounds:
þēod-cyning, folc-cyning – Folk-king
Angel-cyning – English king
Ānwintre-cyning, æwintrecyning – One winter king
æfter-cyning – later king
æðel-cyning – noble king
bryten-cyning – powerful king
Ēaland-cyning – Island king
Gāst-cyning – Ghost king, soul king, God
Gūð-cyning – warrior king
Hēah-cyning – High King, God
Heofon-cyning – King of Heaven
Lēod-cyning – King, rule, leader
Mægen-cyning – Mighty king
Riht-cyning – Lawful king
Sæ-cyning – Sea king
þrym-cyning – glorious king, god, king of glory,
woruld-cyning – earthly king, earth king