Talk:magan
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Furrykef in topic Regarding the preterite subjunctive and indicative of Old English magan
Regarding the preterite subjunctive and indicative of Old English magan[edit]
The conjugation provided for "magan" in Old English is questionable, and seems to suggest some kind of alternation between -ea- and -i- that did not actually exist in Anglo-Saxon times. Why are both -i- and -ea- forms listed for 1SG, 3SG indicative ("mihte, meahte") but only -ea- for the 2SG and PL indicative (only "meahtest" and "meahton" are given). And then the subjunctive lists only -i- forms. ("mihte" and "mihten"). Bosworth and Toller's dictionary provides attestations of forms with both vowel for every form: "Óþ ðæt ðú meahte..." (subj. singular, -ea-), "Wolde ic freóndscipe ðínne, gif ic mihte, begitan" (subj. singular, -i-), etc. It would be my recommendation to fix this flawed table.70.162.100.208 18:55, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- I took care of it. Thanks. - Furrykef (talk) 19:09, 14 September 2019 (UTC)