Theme: syntax in oe contents I. Introduction II. Main body. Structural relations of old english

2.2. Three-component Phrases

Two-component phrases may be enlarged by addition of a third component. The variety of such patterns is greater than that of elementary two-component phrases. We need not give here a complete list of all possible patterns. We will only cite some of the most widely used ones. Among these are the patterns: "verb + substantive dat. + substantive ace.", and "verb + preposition + substantive".

Verb + Substantive Dat. + Substantive (Pronoun) Acc.

Here we find such phrases as: sealde hit his meder 'gave_it (to) his mother', sinʒ mē hwæthwuʒu 'sing me something', pæm wordum moniʒ word ʒepeodde 'to those words many words added'.