VERBS, VERBAL FORMS AND DEVERBAL FORMATIONS IN THE ÉPINAL-ERFURT GLOSSARY
VERBS, VERBAL FORMS AND DEVERBAL FORMATIONS IN THE ÉPINAL-ERFURT GLOSSARY

Summary/Abstract: The Épinal-Erfurt Glossary (EpErf), which goes back to ca. AD 700, is the earliest document of the English language of any length. It shows many of the wordformation patterns that occurred in Old English (OE); some were common, whereas others were rare. Here I concentrate on the derivation of verbs (in particular weak verbs) and on deverbal formations. I look at compounds with a deverbal second element (synthetic compounds), at combinations with particles, at prefix- and suffixformations, and at derivations without a suffix. Whereas prefixes are listed alphabetically, suffixes are subdivided according to the word-classes which they derive (nouns, adjectives, adverbs). Because the OE words in EpErf always gloss Latin words, I conclude by briefly discussing the question of loan-influence on the OE glosses

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