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ACCIDENCE
freeze *frore (III, 127)
get gat (II, 259) gotten (I, 280)
help *holp (IV, 31) *holpen (IV, 255)
hold Vwlden (VI, 59)
sink sunken (IV, 23)
speak spake (II, 250)
spread *sprad (I, 235)
swear sware (IV, 89)
wax *woxe (I, 221) waxen (I, 212)
*weet *wote (I, 239)
write writ (II, 19)
The forms given in italics are all familiar through the
Bible and the Prayer Book.
As may be seen from this, Swinburne shows a
marked fondness for the -a- preterites, as opposed to the
-o-forms now generally used. Bore, broke, got, swore, may
be found, it is true, but the forms bare, etc, decidedly
predominate. Spoke, in fact, will hardly be met with
anywhere instead of spake and quoth. The revival of forms
like woxe, wote, is interesting; but they will only be found
in the Masque of Queen Bersabe. — As regards the past
participles, there is certainly to be noticed a fondness for
the old -e/7-forms: with the exception of forms like chid,
hid, writ, they prevail over the usual forms wherever this
is possible.
In modern English verbs like cleave and lade only
take the strong ending of the pret. part, when used in an
adjectival sense. In Swinburne’s language, however, we
find perfectly verbal forms in -en of these verbs.
cleave cloven (IV, 90)
lade laden (III, 210)
Strike, in modern English, has the pret. part, struck,
stricken being used in compounds only and in certain
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