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Go and wend
[nq:1]According to some studies 25% of verbs in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) were irregular whereas now only 3% are.[/nq]
Something that I have often been curious about is the history of "go" and "wend".
It is obvious that "went", being the imperfect of "go", was originally the imperfect of "wend" (and I guess still is). But for the perfect, "go" uses its own past participle "gone".
I am wondering if there ever was an imperfect of "go" derived from its own stem, and also what the past participle of "wend" would be.
Cheers
Tony
Tony Mountifield
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Something that I have often been curious about is the history of "go" and "wend".
It is obvious that "went", being the imperfect of "go", was originally the imperfect of "wend" (and I guess still is). But for the perfect, "go" uses its own past participle "gone".
I am wondering if there ever was an imperfect of "go" derived from its own stem, and also what the past participle of "wend" would be.
Cheers
Tony
Tony Mountifield
Work: (Email Removed) - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: (Email Removed) - http://tony.mountifield.org
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[/nq] [nq:1]Something that I have often been curious about is the history of "go" and "wend". It is obvious that "went", ... [/nq] 'Go' is the Norse word (still current as gå or gaa in Norwegian, Swedish and Danish).
- [/nq] [nq:1]Something that I have often been curious about is the history of "go" and "wend".
- It is obvious that "went", ...
- [/nq] 'Go' is the Norse word (still current as gå or gaa in Norwegian, Swedish and Danish).
- Its imperfect is 'gi(c)k', but I have never seen it used in an English text.
- I can only imagine that 'wend' (also current in Scandinavia, now normally meaning 'go back') behaved like 'send'.
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[nq:2]According to some studies 25% of verbs in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) were irregular whereas now only 3% are.[/nq]
[nq:1]Something that I have often been curious about is the history of "go" and "wend". It is obvious that "went", ... was an imperfect of "go" derived from its own stem, and also what the past participle of "wend" would be.[/nq]
'Go' is the Norse word (still current as gå
[nq:1]Something that I have often been curious about is the history of "go" and "wend". It is obvious that "went", ... was an imperfect of "go" derived from its own stem, and also what the past participle of "wend" would be.[/nq]
'Go' is the Norse word (still current as gå
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At 12:56:17 on Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Ildhund (Email Removed) wrote in :
[nq:1]I can only imagine that 'wend' (also current in Scandinavia, now normally meaning 'go back') behaved like 'send'.[/nq]
Would there not be a difference between "he went his way" and "he wended his way"? I see the first as a simple act of leaving the place he was in, and the second as implying that the path he followed
[nq:1]I can only imagine that 'wend' (also current in Scandinavia, now normally meaning 'go back') behaved like 'send'.[/nq]
Would there not be a difference between "he went his way" and "he wended his way"? I see the first as a simple act of leaving the place he was in, and the second as implying that the path he followed
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[nq:2]I can only imagine that 'wend' (also current in Scandinavia, now normally meaning 'go back') behaved like 'send'.[/nq]
[nq:1]Would there not be a difference between "he went his way" and "he wended his way"? I see the first as a simple act of leaving the place he was in, and the second as implying that the path he followed was less than straightforward.[/nq]
Yes, since "go" has appro
[nq:1]Would there not be a difference between "he went his way" and "he wended his way"? I see the first as a simple act of leaving the place he was in, and the second as implying that the path he followed was less than straightforward.[/nq]
Yes, since "go" has appro
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[nq:1]Does any dialect of English use anything like "goed" as the past of "go"?[/nq]
Geordie "ganned"? This seems to be from OE "gan" from which we get "go" but other may know more.
Phil C.
Geordie "ganned"? This seems to be from OE "gan" from which we get "go" but other may know more.
Phil C.
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I was a bit hasty with that 'go back' there - the meaning is pretty much the same as the English has been, probably closest to 'turn' but often meaning 'turn around'.
[nq:2]Would there not be a difference between "he went his ... implying that the path he followed was less than straightforward.[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, since "go" has appropriated "went" as its past tense, I guess we have had to reg
[nq:2]Would there not be a difference between "he went his ... implying that the path he followed was less than straightforward.[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, since "go" has appropriated "went" as its past tense, I guess we have had to reg
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[nq:2]Yes, since "go" has appropriated "went" as its past tense, ... to "wended" in order to preserve the distinction in meaning.[/nq]
[nq:1]OED 1989 explains thus: "The original forms of the pa. tense and pple. are respectively /wende/ and /wended/, /wend/, but ... Teutonic root also gave us 'wander' and 'wind', as in lowing herd, so the less-than-straightforward progression seems pretty well
[nq:1]OED 1989 explains thus: "The original forms of the pa. tense and pple. are respectively /wende/ and /wended/, /wend/, but ... Teutonic root also gave us 'wander' and 'wind', as in lowing herd, so the less-than-straightforward progression seems pretty well
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At 11:18:25 on Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Tony Mountifield
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[nq:1]Interesting, thanks. I guess the only curiosity remaining in my mind is what were "the older preterites belonging to /go/".[/nq]
is interesting on this subject, and the section "Origin of eode" suggests that the OE preterite was eode or yode , formed from eo , and that there could be a direct relation wi
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[nq:1]Interesting, thanks. I guess the only curiosity remaining in my mind is what were "the older preterites belonging to /go/".[/nq]
is interesting on this subject, and the section "Origin of eode" suggests that the OE preterite was eode or yode , formed from eo , and that there could be a direct relation wi
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[nq:2]Interesting, thanks. I guess the only curiosity remaining in my mind is what were "the older preterites belonging to /go/".[/nq]
[nq:1] is interesting on this subject, and the section "Origin of eode" suggests that the OE preterite was eode or yode , formed from eo , and that there could be a direct relation with the Latin ire .[/nq]
Thanks, that article was an interesting read..
[nq:1] is interesting on this subject, and the section "Origin of eode" suggests that the OE preterite was eode or yode , formed from eo , and that there could be a direct relation with the Latin ire .[/nq]
Thanks, that article was an interesting read..
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