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II. Adjectives.
A. Suffixal derivation.
I. Stems. Some of the adjective formations in
Swinburne may be traced to verbal stems: in these cases the
verbal meaning which still sticks to the stem has more or
less changed the meaning of the suffix.
Instances of this occur in:
I, 170, No growth of moor or coppice,
No heather-flower or vine,
But bloomless buds of poppies
Green grapes of Proserpine . . .
[evidently: never to bloom],
II, 18, It seemed for his sole sake
Impossible to break
And woundless of the worm that waits and stings . ..
[evidently: not to be wounded].
25, And thou whose trackless foot
Mocks hope’s or fear’s pursuit . . .
[probably: not to be tracked].
The meaning is somewhat obscure in the case of
footless, III, 56:
Thee also with fair flesh and singing spell
Did she, a sad and second prey, compel
Into the footless places once more trod,
And shadows hot from hell.
The stem may be the substantive foot « foot-print),
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