plu.
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noun
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W., mood-weary, holds head-watch o’er friend and foe.—B. suggests taking the word as dat. inst. plu. of an abstract noun in -‘u.’
From Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem by Hall, Lesslie
Participles, in -āns and -ēns, 70, 3; —— gen. plu. of in -um, 70, 7; —— pres. act. partic.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
S. all, 203, 264, &c.; every one, 104; every part, 224; plu. alle, 2, 150, &c.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
The word is extant in Old English only in the Glossaries, in the gen. sing., "handful beouaes," etc., and in Old Saxon only in the gen. plu. beuuo.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
Freeing, abl. w. verbs of, 214, 1, a. frēnum, plu. of, 60, 2.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
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