| Sing. | Plur. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pres. | hān | hān |
| hās(t) | hāt | |
| hāt | hān | |
| Pret. | hāte (hëte, hēt(e), hiet(e),hæte) | |
| hātes(t) | ||
| &c. | ||
| Subj. pres. | habe | |
| habes(t) | ||
| &c. | ||
| „pret. | hæte, hete, hēte, hiete,hatte, &c. | |
| Infin. | hān. | |
| P.P. | gehabet, gehapt, gehāt. | |
The contracted form hān, &c., is mostly used as an auxiliary.
[ CHAPTER VII]
SYNTAX
Cases.
[§ 100.] Accusative. The accusative has much the same function as in NHG. It is sometimes used, however, where the dat. or a preposition would be required in NHG.:—ër vuor waȥȥer unde wëge, he went by water and land. The acc. is used after wol, well, when used as an interjection, as wol mich. A double accusative is required not only after lēren, to teach, but also after hëln, verhëln, to conceal, verdagen, verswīgen, to keep secret.
[§ 101.] Dative. ruofen, to call, and schirmen, to protect, take the dative. The dative is often used adverbially: allenthalben, on all sides, wīlen(t), formerly, &c.
[§ 102.] Genitive. The genitives hande, slahte, leie = manner are used adverbially: maneger hande, slahte, or leie, in many ways, manifoldly.
The gen. is used in combination with the comparative of adjectives, as dicker eines dūmes, thicker by the breadth of a thumb. Indefinite and interrogative pronouns, used substantively, take the genitive: iemen armer liute, any poor people; niht schœneres, nothing more beautiful; dës enmac niht sīn, that cannot be; waȥ mannes ër wære, what kind of man he was. In the same manner the rel. swaȥ may take the genitive: swaȥ man vant dër armen, whatever poor people one found.
The genitive may be used predicatively:—sīt sī dës goteshūses sint, since they belong to the house of God; diu sorge ist mīn eines niht, I am not the only one who has sorrow.