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NP.Subj WIERÐ PPLE.SubjComp<br />

…<br />

D<br />

Old English weorðan and its replacement in Middle English<br />

NP.Subj WIERÐ (XP.SubjComp)<br />

-Agentive; -Volition; +Change (sudden)<br />

NP.Subj WIERÐ AP.SubjComp<br />

Figure 3. The constructional network marked by weorðan.<br />

…<br />

As regards <strong>the</strong> first type of constructional network, it is commonly known<br />

that weorðan is not <strong>the</strong> only copula found in OE; <strong>the</strong>re are also o<strong>the</strong>r verbs that are<br />

used in <strong>the</strong> construction types (C)–(G): <strong>the</strong>se are <strong>the</strong> highly frequent verbs is (no<br />

infinitive), beon and wesan (functioning as a suppletive past tense for both is and<br />

beon), as well as (less frequently) some verbs of position such as standan ‘stand’,<br />

licgan ‘lie’, belifan ‘remain’. Examples (9)–( 6) are illustrations of beon and is in<br />

<strong>the</strong>se construction types.<br />

(C) Copula + pp<br />

(9) ond on ða swiðran healfe þæm ingange […] is stænen bedd seofon fota lang.<br />

(c 000. Mart 5 [Kotzor]: Ma27, A. 4)<br />

“And on <strong>the</strong> right side of <strong>the</strong> entrance […] is/stands a stone bed seven feet long.”<br />

( 0) & mon þonne nohtes wyrþe his saule ne deþ […], þa hwile þe he her on life biþ.<br />

(c970. HomS 4 [BlHom 4]: 95.242)<br />

“And <strong>the</strong>n one will not do anything profitable for his soul […], as long as he is<br />

alive here.”<br />

(D) Copula + ap<br />

( ) His name is holy & dredeful. (c 350. Earliest Prose Psalter: 39)<br />

“His name is holy and dreadful.”<br />

( 2) Geseoþ nu hu bliþe þa earman beoþ, þonne hi mon mid mete & mid hrægle reteþ.<br />

(c970. HomS 4 [BlHom 4]: 4 .50)<br />

“Behold, now, how joyful <strong>the</strong> poor are whenever any one comforts <strong>the</strong>m with<br />

food and clothing.”<br />

E<br />

…<br />

NP.Subj WIERÐ NP.SubjComp<br />

…<br />

A, B, C, F, H

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