Chapter V: Adverbs
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The adverbs _hence_, _thence_, _whence_, do not occur, being superseded by the Norse forms _heðen_, _ðeðen_, _queðen_.
_Adverbial Terminations._—Adverbs are formed from adjectives by the addition of _e_; as _long_ (adj.), _longe_ (adv.).
_-um_ (dative) occurs in _whilum_ and _seldum_.
_-es_ (gen.) in _lives_, alive, _newes_, anew.
_-en_ in _abouten_, _aboven_, _binnen_, _biforen_ (_foren_), _bisiden_, _uten_, _wiðouten_.
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The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D.Chapter V: Adverbs
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