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VERBS —ADVERBS
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phrases like ’old and stricken in years’. Swinburne’s
grammar, however, knows this as a simple form.
strike stricken (VI, 428)
One strong verb is sometimes conjugated weakly, as
is also the case in the Bible:
build builded (I, 154)
There are on the other hand many instances of a
strong flexion of verbs that are now weak.
carve carven (I, 231)
climb clomb (1, 264)
distend *distent (II, 251)
grave graven (IV, 119)
melt molten (III, 188)
pave paven (I, 235)
shape shapen (I, 216)
slake *unsloken (II, 89)
starve *starven (VI, 50)
thaw *thawn (IV, 325)
uplift uplift (III, 186)
wash *wesshe (I, 235)
writhe writhen (I, 258)
carven and writhen are not uncommon as adjectives in
modern English; graven and molten are Biblical. The
remaining forms, on the other hand, are all rare and
strange-sounding to the prosaic ear.
(ix) The Comparison of Adverbs
presents one peculiarity: in a number of instances adverbs
in -ly have been compared with endings, contrary to the
use of modern English.
II, 124, Surelier it labours if slowlier
Than the metres of star or of sun . . .
235, (one that) softlier swimming with raised head
Feels . . .
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