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)