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Excerpt from The Syntax of the Genitive Case in the Lindisfarne Gospels, Vol. 1 The genitive case is used in vvest-saxon to denote a great variety of relations between nouns. It is used very extensively to designate the partitive relation. It is also used to express numerous relations ranging from those Of pure possession, origin, and relationship to those Of a qualifying character. The genitive is sometimes employed to denote a quality, usually re quiring a modifier as in other Idg. Languages. With nouns denoting an activity it may be used to designate either the subject or the Object of the action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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