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On the position of the OE quantifier eall and PDE all 115
pronouns, regardless of the quantifier case. Only one to two percent exhibit the
‘full-NP-quantifier’ order. Second, nominative eall can either precede or follow a
pronoun whereas accusative eall cannot precede a pronoun with the exception of
one case (cf. (14)). 7
3.3 Floating quantifier eall
So far we have seen examples in which the quantifier is adjacent to a full NP
or a pronoun. This section shows examples in which the quantifier floats from
an element it modifies. 58 examples of floating quantifier eall were found.
Among them, nominative eall is found in 49 examples (84.5%) and nine examples
(15.5%) contain accusative eall. Examples of each type are given in (16)
and (17).
(16) nominative floating quantifier (49 exx.)
a. Gelyfst ðu þæt we sceolon ealle arisan mid urum lichaman on
believe thou that we shall all arise with our bodies on
domes dæge togeanes criste.
doom’s day towards Christ
“Believest thou that we shall all arise with our bodies on doom’s day before
Christ?” (ÆCHom II 27. 281)
b. and ðeah hi ne magon beon ealle gegaderode;
and though they neg may be all gathered
“and though they may not all be gathered” (ÆCHom II 14.77)
c. Næron hi swa þeah ealle endemes ungeleaffulle:
not-were they however all equally unbelieving
“They were not, however, all equally unbelieving” (ÆCHom I 235.102)
d. þi we sceolon ealle beon on gode gebroþru.
therefore we should all be on God brothers
“therefore should we all be brothers in God” (ÆCHom I 327. 47)
e. and hi ða eodon ealle gewæpnode. and mid leohtfatum to ðam
and they then went all armed and with torches to the
lifigendum drihtne;
living lord
“and they then went all armed and with torches to the Living Lord”
(ÆCHom II 140.80)
7. As pointed out by a reviewer, this one exception may be a mistake of scribal origin. Actually,
in the manuscripts B, H, U, and V, the ‘pronoun-quantifier’ order was employed instead of the
‘quantifier-pronoun’ order in (14): hine al in B and hyne ealne in H, U, and V (Clemoes 1997:
341). If the ‘quantifier-pronoun’ order in (14) were a scriber’s mistake, the contrast between
nominative and accusative eall would be clearer.